This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 15.6

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Link Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.
Weaknesses CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-02T19:38:15.670Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T15:24:37.096Z

Link: CVE-2025-43257

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-02T19:36:59.555Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-02T19:20:15.797

Modified: 2026-04-02T20:16:23.127

Link: CVE-2025-43257

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