Apple macOS up to 26.0 App information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Apple macOS up to 26.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component App. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-43463. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple macOS up to 26.0. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.3, macOS Tahoe 26.1, macOS Sequoia 15.7.3. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-43463 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 278571 (macOS 15.x < 15.7.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125887)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 26.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (278571) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2838). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • Apple macOS

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 278571
Nessus Name: macOS 15.x < 15.7.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125887)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: macOS 26.1

Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
12/12/2025 +240 days Advisory disclosed
12/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/17/2025 +5 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43463 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43463
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-336330
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2838 - Apple macOS: Mehrere Schwachstellen

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2025 22:34
Updated: 12/17/2025 02:24
Changes: 12/12/2025 22:34 (57), 12/13/2025 14:08 (2), 12/15/2025 15:58 (6), 12/17/2025 02:24 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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