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Description

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-09-15 | Updated 2025-09-17 | Assigner apple

Problem types

An app may be able to gain root privileges

Product status

Any version before 14.8
affected

Any version before 26
affected

Any version before 15.7
affected

References

support.apple.com/en-us/125112

support.apple.com/en-us/125110

support.apple.com/en-us/125111

cve.org (CVE-2025-43298)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-43298)

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