PT-2025-37801 · Apple · Apple Macos+3

Ye Zhang · Published 2025-09-15 · Updated 2025-11-04 · CVE-2025-43291

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to Sonoma 14.8 macOS versions prior to Sequoia 15.7 macOS Tahoe version 26

Description A permissions issue existed where an application could potentially modify protected areas of the file system. The issue was resolved by removing the vulnerable code.

Recommendations Update to macOS Sonoma version 14.8 or later. Update to macOS Sequoia version 15.7 or later. Update to macOS Tahoe version 26.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-43291

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Macos Sequoia 15.7

Macos Sonoma 14.8

Macos Tahoe 26

References · 11

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43291 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125112 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43291 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/55 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/141477 · Telegram Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/54 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1967819533042753927 · Twitter Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43291 · Note