CVE-2025-46297: Medium severity Apple macOS Tahoe vulnerability

Published Dec 12, 2025
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Updated

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.2. An app may be able to access protected files within an App Sandbox container.

Other sources

App Store. A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

— Apple

AppleJPEG. The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.

— Apple

AppleMobileFileIntegrity. A downgrade issue affecting Intel-based Mac computers was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions.

— Apple

AppleMobileFileIntegrity. A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

— Apple

AppSandbox. A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.

— Apple

Credit

floeki(IES Red Team of ByteDance), Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team of ByteDance), Michael Reeves@@IntegralPilot, an anonymous researcher, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Jex Amro, Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Riley Walz, CVE-2024-7264, CVE-2025-9086, Yiğit Ocak, Ron Elemans, Noah Gregory (wts.dev), Andrew Calvano(Meta Product Security), Lucas Pinheiro(Meta Product Security), Kirin@@Pwnrin(Fudan University), LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), Duy Trần@@khanhduytran0, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Iru), Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg(Nosebeard Labs), Kaitao Xie(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), Kenneth Chew, CVE-2025-5918, Rosyna Keller(Totally Not Malicious Software), Google Threat Analysis Group, Haoling Zhou(SecLab of The Ohio State University), Shixuan Zhao@@NSKernel(SecLab of The Ohio State University), Chao Wang@@evi0s(SecLab of The Ohio State University), Zhiqiang Lin(SecLab of The Ohio State University), Atul R V, an anonymous researcher(Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt), Michael Schmutzer(Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt), @@retsew0x01, Kirin@@Pwnrin, Iván Savransky, Bing Shi(Alibaba Group), Wenchao Li(Alibaba Group), (Indiana University Bloomington), Luyi Xing(Indiana University Bloomington), Morris Richman@@morrisinlife, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, Kay Belardinelli (Harvard University), Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Nan Wang@@eternalsakura13, Google Big Sleep, Phil Pizlo(Epic Games), Apple, 이동하 (Lee Dong Ha(BoB 14th)

Affected Software

3 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Tahoe<26.2
Apple macOS Tahoe<26.2
26.2
Apple macOS<26.2

Event History

Dec 12, 2025
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Weakness
Jan 9, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:18 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:18 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·10:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2025-46297?

CVE-2025-46297 is rated as a moderate severity vulnerability due to the potential unauthorized access to protected files.

2

How do I fix CVE-2025-46297?

To fix CVE-2025-46297, users should update to macOS Tahoe version 26.2 or later.

3

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2025-46297?

CVE-2025-46297 is a permissions issue that allows apps to access protected files within an App Sandbox.

4

Which software is affected by CVE-2025-46297?

CVE-2025-46297 affects the Apple macOS Tahoe version prior to 26.2.

5

What are the potential impacts of CVE-2025-46297?

The potential impacts of CVE-2025-46297 include unauthorized access to sensitive files within the app sandbox environment.

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