CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-43220
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2025-07-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.9, macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. An app may be able to access protected user data.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 17.7.9)
• apple macos (< 13.7.7)
• apple macos (>= 14.0 < 14.7.7)
• apple macos (>= 15.0 < 15.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124148 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124150 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124151 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/31 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/33 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/34 seclists.org