PT-2025-44880 · Apple · Apple Macos+2

Zhongcheng Li · Published 2025-11-03 · Updated 2025-11-04 · CVE-2025-43446

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to Sonoma 14.8.2 macOS versions prior to Sequoia 15.7.2

Description An application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system due to insufficient validation of symlinks. The issue was addressed with improved symlink validation.

Recommendations Update to macOS Sonoma version 14.8.2 or later. Update to macOS Sequoia version 15.7.2 or later.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-43446

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Macos Sequoia

Macos Sonoma

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43446 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125636 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43446 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125634 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/141668 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43446 · Note