CVE-2025-43199 Privilege escalation in macOS

What is CVE-2025-43199?

CVE-2025-43199 is a critical vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 29 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A permissions issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43199?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43199?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43199 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-43199 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43199 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos

• CVE-2026-65400 Apple macOS Improper Authentication Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-44146 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-44148 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-40455 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5p5p-mhp6-2375.