# CVE-2025-43229: Cross-site scripting in Safari

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in the context of other websites via malicious web content, affecting Safari and macOS users.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 2 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-95cp-j893-h7c8

## What is CVE-2025-43229?

CVE-2025-43229 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 29 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43229?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Apple Macos, Apple Safari.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-43229?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43229 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-43229 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43229 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos

- [CVE-2026-65400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-65400/): Apple macOS Improper Authentication (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-44146](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44146/): Security feature bypass in macOS (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-44148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44148/): Security feature bypass in macOS (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-38586](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38586/): Security feature bypass in macOS (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-40455](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40455/): Security feature bypass in macOS (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-43229 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-43229 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 29 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43229 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apple Macos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43229/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43229/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43229
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43229
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43229

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43229/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.