Is CVE-2025-46281 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-46281 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-46281?

CVE-2025-46281 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-46281?

CVE-2025-46281 has an EPSS score of 0.19% (8th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-46281?

Upgrade macos to 26.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-46281

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.2. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

CWE-693Protection Mechanism Failure

How to fix

Remediation Available

macosNVD

Affected:< 26.2Fixed in:26.2CVE-2025-46281derived 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 RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days

8thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 8% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

support.apple.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2013-2465	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2024-21412	High	8.1	95%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2013-0431	Medium	5.3	90%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2025-40536	High	8.1	82%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-1003030	Critical	9.9	76%	KEV	-
CVE-2025-0411	High	7.0	67%	KEV	Fix

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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 2025-12-18.