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CVE-2025-46297 (GCVE-0-2025-46297)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-09 21:18 – Updated: 2026-04-02 18:25

Summary

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.2. An app may be able to access protected files within an App Sandbox container.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

An app may be able to access protected files within an App Sandbox container
CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

apple

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125886

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apple	macOS	Affected: 0 , < 26.2 (custom)

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FKIE_CVE-2025-46297

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-09 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:26

Severity

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

Summary

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.2. An app may be able to access protected files within an App Sandbox container.

References

	URL	Tags
	product-security@apple.com	https://support.apple.com/en-us/125886	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	apple	macos	*

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          "product": "macOS",
          "vendor": "Apple",
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GHSA-F3VQ-4X38-VG3X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-10 00:30 – Updated: 2026-01-12 18:30

Details

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.2. An app may be able to access protected files within an App Sandbox container.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

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    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "id": "GHSA-f3vq-4x38-vg3x",
  "modified": "2026-01-12T18:30:30Z",
  "published": "2026-01-10T00:30:30Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46297"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2025-46297 (GCVE-0-2025-46297)

FKIE_CVE-2025-46297

GHSA-F3VQ-4X38-VG3X

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