CVE-2025-43288

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 8% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-59

Published

2025-11-04

Modified

2026-10-18

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• apple:macos

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111

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