CVE-2025-43273: Race Condition

Published Jul 29, 2025
·
Updated

A permissions issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.8. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

Other sources

Admin Framework. A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.

— Apple

afclip. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

AMD. A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.

— Apple

AMD. A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

— Apple

AppKit. The issue was resolved by blocking unsigned services from launching on Intel Macs.

— Apple

Credit

Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ABC Research s.r.o., Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Noah Gregory (wts.dev), MRHAX, Aditya Rana, Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg(Nosebeard Labs), Google's Threat Analysis Group, Seo Hyun-gyu@@wh1te4ever(Xiaomi), Dora Orak(Xiaomi), Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc(Xiaomi), XiLong Zhang@@Resery4(Xiaomi), noir@@ROIS, fmyy (@风沐云烟), Chi Yuan Chang(ZUSO ART), taikosoup, 风沐云烟@@binary_fmyy, Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, an anonymous researcher, 2ourc3 | Salim Largo, Dawuge(Shuffle Team), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Gary Kwong(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), CVE-2025-43226, Willey Lin, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Christian Kohlschütter, Brian Carpenter, Sergei Glazunov(Google Project Zero), Ivan Fratric(Google Project Zero), Pyrophoria, Dora Orak, Vlad Stolyarov(Google's Threat Analysis Group), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Kandji), Kirin@@Pwnrin, Minghao Lin, Jiaxun Zhu, Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat, Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h(Kandji), an anonymous researcher(Loadshine Lab), Hikerell(Loadshine Lab), @@zlluny, Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Yuebin Sun@@yuebinsun2020, Shang-De Jiang(CyCraft Technology), Kazma Ye(CyCraft Technology), Nikolai Skliarenko(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Keith Yeo@@kyeojy(Team Orca of Sea Security), CVE-2025-6965, Martin Bajanik(Fingerprint), Ammar Askar, Gilad Moav, Yehuda Afek, Anat Bremler-Barr, Amit Klein, Yuhao Hu, Yan Kang, Chenggang Wu, Xiaojie Wei, Syarif Muhammad Sajjad, shandikri(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Google V8 Security Team, Nan Wang@@eternalsakura13, Ziling Chen, HexRabbit@@h3xr4bb1t(DEVCORE Research Team), Ignacio Sanmillan@@ulexec, Clément Lecigne(Google's Threat Analysis Group), Martti Hütt, Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo(Microsoft), Ryan Dowd@@_rdowd, Rosyna Keller(Totally Not Malicious Software), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), @@zlluny(Trend Zero Day Initiative), Seo Hyun-gyu@@wh1te4ever, 风 (binaryfmyy), BochengXiang@@Crispr, YingQi Shi@@Mas0nShi, Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team of ByteDance), Matej Moravec@@MacejkoMoravec, Shantanu Thakur, Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Keisuke Hosoda, Viktor Oreshkin, Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Fudan University), Kirin@@Pwnrin(Fudan University), LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), Nathaniel Oh@@calysteon, Hikerell (Loadshine Lab), Rodolphe Brunetti@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), CVE-2025-40909, CVE-2024-27280, Ye Zhang(Baidu Security), pattern-f@@pattern_F_, 정답이 아닌 해답, Kirin@@Pwnrin(Computer Science), Cristian Dinca(Computer Science), Romania, Justin Elliot Fu, Nolan Astrein(Kandji)

Affected Software

3 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Sequoia<15.6
15.6
Apple macOS Sonoma<14.8
14.8
Apple macOS<14.8

Event History

Jul 29, 2025
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:29 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:29 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Jul 30, 2025
Data Sourced
via NVD·12:15 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Sep 15, 2025
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2025-43273?

CVE-2025-43273 is categorized as a permissions issue that affects the security of sandboxed processes in macOS Sequoia.

2

How do I fix CVE-2025-43273?

To fix CVE-2025-43273, update your macOS to version 15.6 or later.

3

What kind of issue does CVE-2025-43273 address?

CVE-2025-43273 addresses a permissions issue that may allow sandboxed processes to bypass sandbox restrictions.

4

Which versions of macOS are affected by CVE-2025-43273?

CVE-2025-43273 affects all versions of macOS Sequoia prior to 15.6.

5

Is CVE-2025-43273 related to the Admin Framework?

Yes, CVE-2025-43273 includes a path handling issue related to the Admin Framework.

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