CVE-2025-43296 (GCVE-0-2025-43296)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-09 20:50
Modified
2025-10-10 14:44
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Summary
A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26. An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125110
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 26
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