CVE-2025-43381: Apple macOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.1. A malicious app may be able to delete protected user data.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 26.1 (fixed in 26.1)

Published 2025-12-12. Last modified 2026-10-07.