CVE-2025-43281

The issue was addressed with improved authentication. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-287

Published

2025-10-15

Modified

2026-10-08

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• apple:macos

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149

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