PT-2025-55078 · Apple · Apple Macos

Published 2025-07-29 · Updated 2026-04-03 · CVE-2025-43257

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.7

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 15.6

Description The issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

Recommendations Update to macOS version 15.6 or later.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-43257

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43257 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/2039828381680751002 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2040128791742128147 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/TheHackerWire/status/2039930879959806434 · Twitter Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43257 · Note