This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.1. An app may be able to access protected user data.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00018.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Apple
  • Macos
  • Macos Tahoe

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Vendors Products
Apple
  • Macos
  • Macos Tahoe
References
Link Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125634 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-59
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Apple macos Tahoe
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos
Apple macos Tahoe

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.1. An app may be able to access protected user data.
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-15T13:39:40.597Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T15:24:37.126Z

Link: CVE-2025-43461

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-15T13:39:31.472Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-12T21:15:54.410

Modified: 2025-12-15T18:22:40.637

Link: CVE-2025-43461

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-12-14T21:15:45Z