CVE-2025-43375 Denial of service in Xcode

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a process crash in Apple Xcode by providing an overly large path value, requiring an upgrade to the fixed version.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-43375?

CVE-2025-43375 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Xcode, published on 15 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Xcode 26. Processing an overly large path value may crash a process.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43375?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Xcode.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43375?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43375 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2025-43375 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43375 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apple Xcode vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gvw2-787r-phgj.

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