PT-2025-50993 · Apple · Apple Macos

CVE-2025-43461 · Published 2025-11-03 · Updated 2025-12-15

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 26.1

Description An application may be able to access protected user data due to insufficient validation of symlinks.

Recommendations Update to macOS version 26.1 or later.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-43461

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43461 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125634 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43461 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/145866 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1999876801573576728 · Twitter Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43461 · Note