CVE-2025-43199: Apple macOS

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A permissions issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 13.7.7 (fixed in 13.7.7); from 14.0, before 14.7.7 (fixed in 14.7.7); from 15.0, before 15.6 (fixed in 15.6)

Published 2025-07-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.