CVE-2025-43294

LOW

3.3

CVSS Score

Published: September 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM UTC

Updated: October 18, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC

4 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPadOStvOS

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Severity

LOW3.3

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

An issue existed in the handling of environment variables. This issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

macOS · Apple

95%

All versionsv < 26.0

Affected range stops below 26, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

iPadOS · Apple

90%

0 ≤ v < 26.1

Affected range stops below 26.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

tvOS · Apple

90%

0 ≤ v < 26.1

Affected range stops below 26.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

watchOS · Apple

90%

0 ≤ v < 26.1

Affected range stops below 26.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (5)

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110

Source: cverecord

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125637

Source: cverecord

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125639

Source: cverecord

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125632

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

3.3LOWCISA-ADP

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: LOW
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-284

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