CVE-2025-43281 (GCVE-0-2025-43281)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-15 20:00 – Updated: 2026-04-02 18:09
VLAI
Summary
The issue was addressed with improved authentication. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Affected: 0 , < 15.6 (custom)
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