CVE-2025-43268

HIGH

macOS Sequoia <15.6 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (2)
Apple/macOS < 15.6
apple/macos 15.0 - 15.6
Published Aug 29, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026