CVE-2025-43381

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.1. A malicious app may be able to delete protected user data.

CVSS 3.1

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

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 9% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-59

Published

2025-12-12

Modified

2026-10-07

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• apple:macos

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125634

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