CVE-2025-43298

Q: How do I fix CVE-2025-43298?

Upgrade macos to 15.7 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2025-43298 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-43298 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.22% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 13% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-43298?

CVE-2025-43298 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2025-43298 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for macos (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

CWE-41

How to fix

Remediation Available

macosNVD

Affected:>= 15.0, < 15.7Fixed in:15.7CVE-2025-43298derived from NVD

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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 RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

13thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 13% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Other references4

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2025-21269	Medium	4.3	4.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-21247	Medium	4.3	3.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-21219	Medium	4.3	3.0%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-21189	Medium	4.3	3.0%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-30036	Medium	6.5	2.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-21268	Medium	4.3	2.0%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2025-43298?

Upgrade macos to 15.7 or later.

Is CVE-2025-43298 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-43298 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.22% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 13% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2025-43298?

CVE-2025-43298 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2025-43298 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for macos (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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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 2026-04-02.