CVE-2025-43190 (GCVE-0-2025-43190)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-15 22:35
Modified
2025-09-16 17:23
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Summary
A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Sequoia 15.7, visionOS 26, watchOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125108Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125110Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125111Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125112Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125115Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125116Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 14.8
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   Apple iOS and iPadOS Version: unspecified   < 26
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   Apple visionOS Version: unspecified   < 26
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   Apple watchOS Version: unspecified   < 26
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   Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 26
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   Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 15.7
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