CVE-2025-43466

Status: AnalyzedMedium (5.5)—

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.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Base score: 5.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.22%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 12
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Apple — Macos

CWEs

CWE-95

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125634

Raw JSON (NVD)

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