Is CVE-2025-43250 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-43250 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-43250?

CVE-2025-43250 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-43250?

CVE-2025-43250 has an EPSS score of 0.24% (15th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43250?

Upgrade macos to 15.6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-43250

MEDIUM

4.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

macosNVD

Affected:>= 15.0, < 15.6Fixed in:15.6CVE-2025-43250derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

15thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 15% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory3

Other references3

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-03.