Apple macOS up to 15.7 App sandbox

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Apple macOS up to 15.7. The affected element is an unknown function of the component App. Such manipulation leads to sandbox. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-43204. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 15.7. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sandbox vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-265. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-43204 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/25/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1611.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 265371 (macOS 26.x < 26.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125110)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 26.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (265371). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Sandbox
CWE: CWE-265 / CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 265371
Nessus Name: macOS 26.x < 26.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125110)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 26.0

Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
09/16/2025 +153 days Advisory disclosed
09/16/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/25/2025 +9 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43204 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43204
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-324308
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 09/16/2025 08:00
Updated: 09/25/2025 06:27
Changes: 09/16/2025 08:00 (57), 09/25/2025 06:27 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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