Apple macOS up to 14.7/15.6/25 App privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 14.7/15.6/25. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component App Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-43306. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 14.7/15.6/25. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component App Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-43306 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 05/27/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 14.8, 15.7 or 26 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 14.8/15.7/26

Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
05/27/2026 +406 days Advisory disclosed
05/27/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/27/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43306 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43306
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-365840
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 05/27/2026 06:26
Changes: 05/27/2026 06:26 (66)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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