CVE-2025-43325: Buffer Overflow
Published Sep 15, 2025
·Updated
Accounts. A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.
Other sources
afpfs. A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
— Apple
AirPort. A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
— Apple
AMD. A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
— Apple
An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
— NVD
apache. This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
— Apple
Credit
Rodolphe BRUNETTI@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Kandji), Kirin@@Pwnrin, ABC Research s.r.o., Mickey Jin@@patch1t, an anonymous researcher, Nolan Astrein(Kandji), Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Cisco Talos), Kirin@@Pwnrin(Cisco Talos), Claudio Bozzato(Cisco Talos), Francesco Benvenuto(Cisco Talos), Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat, Bilal Siddiqui, Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Michael Reeves@@IntegralPilot, Noah Gregory (wts.dev), Dawuge(Shuffle Team), Rosyna Keller(Totally Not Malicious Software), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), Yinyi Wu@@_3ndy1(Dawn Security Lab of JD), @@zlluny(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), 이동하 (Lee Dong Ha)(SSA Lab), Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team of ByteDance), Matej Moravec@@MacejkoMoravec, Shantanu Thakur, Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Jian Lee@@speedyfriend433, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Keisuke Hosoda, Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), Viktor Oreshkin, Nathaniel Oh@@calysteon, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, Hikerell (Loadshine Lab), Rodolphe Brunetti@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), CVE-2025-40909, @@zlluny, CVE-2024-27280, KPC(Cisco Talos), @@RenwaX23, Ye Zhang(Baidu Security), pattern-f@@pattern_F_, 정답이 아닌 해답, Kirin@@Pwnrin(Computer Science), Cristian Dinca(Computer Science), Romania, CVE-2025-6965, JZ, Seo Hyun-gyu@@wh1te4ever, Luke Roberts@@rookuu, Ferdous Saljooki@@malwarezoo(Jamf), Justin Elliot Fu, Pyrophoria(GrapheneOS), an anonymous researcher(GrapheneOS), James J Kalafus, Michel Migdal, ken super, Jaydev Ahire, Big Bear, Ignacio Sanmillan@@ulexec, Mike Cardwell(grepular), Bob Lord, Pawel Wylecial(REDTEAM), Юлия Мерцалова, Peter Malone, Rahul Raj, Pinak Oza, Robert Mindo, tamdao, Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence, Nicolas Rabrenovic, Irvin Wang, impost0r (ret2plt), David Ige - Beryllium Security, 이재영, Pavan Nallamothu, Jared Reyes, John Lussier, Seonung Park, ALTV!ST (altvi.st/), Dun, YingQi Shi@@Mas0nShi(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg(Nosebeard Labs), Richard Zana, Daniel Williams, Anonymous(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Mathis Mansière, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Iru), James Duffy@@0x4A616D657344, Matthew Schneider, XBreach.ai(Nosebeard Labs), Dallas Dubs(Nosebeard Labs), Aaron Grattafiori - NVIDIA AI Red Team, CVE-2026-3784, CVE-2026-3783, HvxyZLF, Lance Cain - Offensive Security Engineer, SpecterOps Inc., Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo, Anthony Laou Hine Tsuei@@anarcheuz, Gil Portnoy & Henry, Ayaan Ahmad, Hyunwoo Kim@@v4bel, erdene-och Byambabayar, Niels Hofmans, Manuel Fernandez (Stackhopper Security), Stanislav Jelezoglo(Positive Technologies), Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(Positive Technologies), Redon Gashi, Trung Nguyen@@everping(CyStack), Dave G., Atul R V & Ashmit Sharma, Hcamael, 章鱼哥 （aipyaipy.com）@@aipy, Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan, Surya Narayan Kushwaha, Cem Onat Karagun, Tristan Madani@@TristanInSec(Talence Security), Jonathan Alush-Aben, Arni Hardarson, Michael DePlante@@izobashi(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Gandalf4a(PKU), Anton Pakhunov, PETOWORKS의 Bugeun Choi@@Bugeun, Geonha Lee@@leegn4a, Dhiyanesh Selvaraj@@redroot97, hxr1(STAR Labs SG Pte), Hiroki Imai (LAC Co.(STAR Labs SG Pte), Ltd.)(STAR Labs SG Pte), Billy Jheng Bing Jhong(STAR Labs SG Pte), Pan Zhenpeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Ashish Kunwar, Igor Ushakov, Ryan Hileman via Xint Code (xint.io), Adam Doupé(ASU SEFCOM), f0r(MurphySec), Mahmoud Abdelmoniem(ThreatBook), Feng Xue(ThreatBook), XGPT(ThreatBook), Wang Yu, Lyutoon, Hiroki Imai (LAC Co., Ltd.), Fábio Luís@@scanpt, DARKNAVY@@DarkNavyOrg, Gor Aleksanyan, Michal Kosiorek, Eddy Tsalolikhin, Asjid Kalam@@odinshell, Hyunwoo Kim@@v4bel(ThreatBook), Wang Yu(STAR Labs SG Pte), Ernesto Martínez García, Calif Research, Ji'an Zhou, Mingxuan Yang, Ye Zhang, Vladislav Shevchenko (Positive Technologies)(STAR Labs SG Pte), Pasquale Scola(STAR Labs SG Pte), Lukas Gerlach, Kirin@@Pwnrin(Fudan University), Ruslan Dautov, CVE-2026-4424, Prathamesh Walunj, Amy (amys.website), Atul R V, Daisuke Hatakeyama Research)@@SYZD, Richard Zana(Nosebeard Labs), wh0am1i, stratan@@5tratan, Robert Tran, Dan Raviv, Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h(FFRI Security Inc), Sindre Sorhus, Francisco Knabe, Hcamael(Stripe), 章鱼哥 （aipyaipy.com）@@aipy(Stripe), JC Alvarado(Stripe), Jacob Hazak, @@pixiepointsec, Asaf Cohen, Junming C.(Chapoly1305), Vivek Dhar, ASI (RM) in Border Security Force, FTR HQ BSF Kashmir, Calif.io in collaboration with Claude, Anthropic Research, Kitten Food, Tien-Chih Lin(CyCraft Technology), Bruce Dang(Calif), Adam Franke(CyStack), yk lin@@pixiepointsec, wdszzml(Bynar), Atuin Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine(Bynar), Alfredo Pesoli@@__rev(Bynar)
Affected Software
4 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS<26.0
Apple macOS Tahoe<26
26
Apple macOS Sequoia<15.7.8
15.7.8
Apple macOS Sonoma<14.8.8
14.8.8
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Upgrade
Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 26 - Upgrade
Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 15.7.8 - Upgrade
Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 14.8.8
Event History
Sep 15, 2025
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:35 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:35 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·11:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Jul 27, 2026
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Parent advisories
This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.
Peer vulnerabilities
Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2025-43288
- CVE-2025-43208
- CVE-2025-43312
- CVE-2025-43321
- CVE-2025-43344
- CVE-2025-31268
- CVE-2025-43331
- CVE-2025-43317
- CVE-2025-43340
- CVE-2025-43337
- CVE-2025-43320
- CVE-2025-43285
- CVE-2025-43330
- CVE-2025-43346
- CVE-2025-43361
- CVE-2025-43451
- CVE-2025-43307
- CVE-2025-43354
- CVE-2025-43303
- CVE-2025-43357
- CVE-2025-43323
- CVE-2025-43403
- CVE-2025-43349
- CVE-2025-43292
- CVE-2025-43372
- CVE-2025-24088
- CVE-2025-43305
- CVE-2025-43290
- CVE-2025-43289
- CVE-2025-46284
- CVE-2025-43316
- CVE-2025-31271
- CVE-2025-31270
- CVE-2025-43326
- CVE-2025-43283
- CVE-2025-46280
- CVE-2025-43325
- CVE-2025-43287
- CVE-2025-43338
- CVE-2025-43302
- CVE-2025-31255
- CVE-2025-43366
- CVE-2025-43359
- CVE-2025-43345
- CVE-2025-43299
- CVE-2025-43295
- CVE-2025-43353
- CVE-2025-43294
- CVE-2025-43319
- CVE-2025-43315
- CVE-2025-43355
- CVE-2025-43207
- CVE-2025-43279
- CVE-2025-43301
- CVE-2025-43298
- CVE-2025-46310
- CVE-2025-40909
- CVE-2025-43297
- CVE-2025-31269
- CVE-2025-43204
- CVE-2024-27280
- CVE-2025-46306
- CVE-2025-43327
- CVE-2025-43329
- CVE-2025-43328
- CVE-2025-43318
- CVE-2025-46307
- CVE-2025-31259
- CVE-2025-43332
- CVE-2025-43293
- CVE-2025-43291
- CVE-2025-43286
- CVE-2025-43369
- CVE-2025-43358
- CVE-2025-43367
- CVE-2025-43190
- CVE-2025-43333
- CVE-2025-24197
- CVE-2025-6965
- CVE-2025-43341
- CVE-2025-43314
- CVE-2025-43304
- CVE-2025-43306
- CVE-2025-43347
- CVE-2025-43296
- CVE-2025-43311
- CVE-2025-43308
- CVE-2025-43262
- CVE-2025-43356
- CVE-2025-43272
- CVE-2025-43343
- CVE-2025-43342
- CVE-2025-43419
- CVE-2025-43376
- CVE-2025-43368
- CVE-2025-43310
- CVE-2026-43749
- CVE-2026-64767
- CVE-2026-23918
- CVE-2026-64695
- CVE-2026-43801
- CVE-2026-43781
- CVE-2026-64737
- CVE-2026-43748
- CVE-2026-43776
- CVE-2026-43681
- CVE-2026-43672
- CVE-2026-43763
- CVE-2026-64702
- CVE-2026-64725
- CVE-2026-64747
- CVE-2026-64762
- CVE-2026-64707
- CVE-2026-28849
- CVE-2026-64698
- CVE-2026-64734
- CVE-2026-43756
- CVE-2026-43693
- CVE-2026-43673
- CVE-2026-43744
- CVE-2026-43803
- CVE-2026-43775
- CVE-2026-43711
- CVE-2026-28936
- CVE-2026-43738
- CVE-2026-43802
- CVE-2026-64710
- CVE-2026-39875
- CVE-2026-43698
- CVE-2026-3784
- CVE-2026-3783
- CVE-2026-43758
- CVE-2026-64708
- CVE-2026-28926
- CVE-2026-43747
- CVE-2026-64694
- CVE-2026-28945
- CVE-2026-64776
- CVE-2026-43793
- CVE-2026-43753
- CVE-2026-43714
- CVE-2026-64740
- CVE-2026-43796
- CVE-2026-64692
- CVE-2026-43682
- CVE-2026-28981
- CVE-2026-43773
- CVE-2026-43767
- CVE-2026-64697
- CVE-2026-43764
- CVE-2026-43710
- CVE-2026-64716
- CVE-2026-43780
- CVE-2026-43818
- CVE-2026-43661
- CVE-2026-64754
- CVE-2026-64693
- CVE-2026-43805
- CVE-2026-39877
- CVE-2026-64749
- CVE-2026-43782
- CVE-2026-64744
- CVE-2026-64775
- CVE-2026-28982
- CVE-2026-43778
- CVE-2026-64735
- CVE-2026-43822
- CVE-2026-64700
- CVE-2026-43799
- CVE-2026-43810
- CVE-2026-43724
- CVE-2026-43722
- CVE-2026-43809
- CVE-2026-43757
- CVE-2026-43769
- CVE-2026-43754
- CVE-2026-64723
- CVE-2026-39868
- CVE-2026-64709
- CVE-2026-64721
- CVE-2026-20672
- CVE-2026-28983
- CVE-2026-4424
- CVE-2026-28900
- CVE-2026-28973
- CVE-2026-64739
- CVE-2026-43703
- CVE-2026-43706
- CVE-2026-43766
- CVE-2026-64738
- CVE-2026-43653
- CVE-2026-64724
- CVE-2026-43723
- CVE-2026-43807
- CVE-2026-43733
- CVE-2026-43729
- CVE-2026-64772
- CVE-2026-64774
- CVE-2026-64770
- CVE-2026-64769
- CVE-2026-64722
- CVE-2026-64768
- CVE-2026-64771
- CVE-2026-43771
- CVE-2026-43772
- CVE-2026-28961
- CVE-2026-64711
- CVE-2026-28912
- CVE-2026-43765
- CVE-2026-28896
- CVE-2026-64731
- CVE-2026-43812
- CVE-2026-43694
- CVE-2026-39874
- CVE-2026-64764
- CVE-2026-64763
- CVE-2026-64766
- CVE-2026-64765
- CVE-2026-43779
- CVE-2026-43777
- CVE-2026-43665
- CVE-2026-64745
- CVE-2026-39873
- CVE-2026-64696
- CVE-2026-64704
- CVE-2026-43774
- CVE-2026-43770
- CVE-2026-43768
- CVE-2026-64703
- CVE-2026-64699
- CVE-2026-43750
- CVE-2026-28932
- CVE-2026-28914
- CVE-2026-28911
- CVE-2026-43760
- CVE-2026-43755
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the severity of CVE-2025-43325?
CVE-2025-43325 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to potential unauthorized access to sensitive user data.
2
How do I fix CVE-2025-43325?
To fix CVE-2025-43325, update your macOS Tahoe to version 26 or later as this version contains the necessary security enhancements.
3
What types of issues does CVE-2025-43325 address?
CVE-2025-43325 addresses permissions issues, buffer overflow vulnerabilities, and access issues through improved bounds and sandbox restrictions.
4
What can be compromised due to CVE-2025-43325?
CVE-2025-43325 may allow applications to access sensitive user data without proper authorization.
5
Which versions of macOS are affected by CVE-2025-43325?
CVE-2025-43325 affects all versions of Apple macOS Tahoe prior to version 26.