CVE-2025-43281

Application Firewall: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges

CVE-2025-43281 is fixed in Sequoia on 1 platform by Sequoia 15.6 (version 15.6), released July 29, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVSS

7.8

HIGH

Exploitation

None reported

No vendor assessment

CISA KEV

Not listed

Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

EPSS

0.0015

4th percentile

The issue was addressed with improved authentication.

Where it's fixed

Product	Fixed in	Fix	Released
macOS
Sequoia	15.6	Sequoia 15.6	Jul 29, 2025

Details

Published
July 29, 2025
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vendor advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149

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