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CVE-2025-43358

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM UTC
Updated: October 18, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OSiPadOS

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A permissions issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, iOS 18.7 and iPadOS 18.7, macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. A shortcut may be able to bypass sandbox restrictions.

Affected

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

iPadOS· Apple
95%
All versionsv < 18.7
Affected range stops below 18.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 26, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
iPhone OS· Apple
95%
All versionsv < 18.7
macOS· Apple
95%
All versions14.0 ≤ v < 14.815.0 ≤ v < 15.7
Affected range stops below 14.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 26, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (9)

Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125108
Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125109
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110
Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111
Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125112
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/49
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/54

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

8.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862

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