CVE-2025-43318
"Apple macOS Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"
Description
This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26. An app with root privileges may be able to access private information.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 15, 2025, 11:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 15, 2025, 11:15 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2025-43318
vulnerability.
Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the
products
that
are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
No affected product recoded yet
Solution
- Update macOS to version 26.
- Verify entitlement checks are correctly implemented.
- Restrict root privileges for applications.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2025-43318.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110 |
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-43318 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-43318
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2025-43318 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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seclists.org
APPLE-SA-09-15-2025-5 macOS Tahoe 26
Full Disclosure mailing list archives From: Apple Product Security via Fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure () seclists org> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:34:18 -0700 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SH ... Read more
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-43318 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Sep. 15, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26. An app with root privileges may be able to access private information. Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110