CVE-2025-43393 Privilege escalation in macOS

Medium 5.2 Published Updated

An app can break out of its sandbox, allowing privilege escalation on macOS systems.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-43393?

CVE-2025-43393 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 12 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A permissions issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.1. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43393?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43393?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43393 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-43393 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43393 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6vjc-8c8h-2mp3.

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