A permissions issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00082.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 15.6
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 14.7
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 13.7

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

Vendor Product Confidence Versions
Apple Macos — —
Apple Macos Sequoia — —
Apple Macos Sonoma — —
Apple Macos Ventura — —

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-23085 A permissions issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/33 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/34 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124150 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124151 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

 ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Apple macos Sequoia
Apple macos Sonoma
Apple macos Ventura
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos
Apple macos Sequoia
Apple macos Sonoma
Apple macos Ventura

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A permissions issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-26T17:50:07.807Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T15:24:37.087Z

Link: CVE-2025-43199

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:00:06.407Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-07-30T00:15:32.820

Modified: 2025-11-03T20:18:51.553

Link: CVE-2025-43199

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-30T11:10:18Z

Weaknesses