Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.5 App path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component App. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-43250. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS up to 13.6/14.6/15.5 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-43250 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 243030 (macOS 15.x < 15.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (124149)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 13.7, 14.7 or 15.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (243030). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• macOS

Version

• 13.0
• 13.1
• 13.2
• 13.3
• 13.4
• 13.5
• 13.6
• 14.0
• 14.1
• 14.2
• 14.3
• 14.4
• 14.5
• 14.6
• 15.0
• 15.1
• 15.2
• 15.3
• 15.4
• 15.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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