PT-2025-51012 · Apple · Apple Macos+2

Noah Gregory + 1 · Published 2025-12-12 · Updated 2025-12-15 · CVE-2025-43518

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to Sonoma 14.8.3 macOS versions prior to Sequoia 15.7.3

Description A logic issue existed due to insufficient checks, potentially allowing an application to inappropriately access files through the spellcheck API.

Recommendations Update to macOS Sonoma version 14.8.3 or later. Update to macOS Sequoia version 15.7.3 or later.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-43518

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Macos Sequoia

Macos Sonoma

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43518 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43518 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125888 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125887 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125890 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/145840 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43518 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125886 · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/39652 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1999865396833423385 · Twitter Post
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125884 · Note