CVE-2025-43481: macos before 15.7.2 (exclusive); +1 more affected products

CVE-2025-43481. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.2 (MEDIUM, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00156 (percentile 0.04329), scored 17-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

macos · before 15.7.2 (exclusive)
apple

macOS · 0 to before 15.7.2, 0 to before 26.1
Apple

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 5.2/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as low; availability impact as none. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.

Published 18-Oct-2026 22:52 UTC

CWE: CWE-284
CCR priority: 20.8 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 5.2 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N · Source advisory
EPSS: 0.00156 · percentile 0.04329 · 2026-10-17
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-18 22:50:08.248207+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-43481.html