CVE-2025-43466 Code injection in macOS

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An injection vulnerability in macOS allows an app to access sensitive user data, requiring a system update to mitigate.

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-2025-43466?

CVE-2025-43466 is a medium-severity code injection 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

An injection issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.1. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Weakness: CWE-95

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43466?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43466?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43466 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2025-43466 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43466 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-2v76-28wf-qm87.

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