FKIE_CVE-2025-43446

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-11-04 02:15 - Updated: 2025-11-04 17:50
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Sequoia 15.7.2. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125635Vendor Advisory, Release Notes
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125636Vendor Advisory, Release Notes
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple macos *
apple macos *
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