CVE-2025-43220

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2025-43220 · Published 30/07/2025 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2025-43220 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.89%, higher than 59.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
—	No affected product versions are listed for this vulnerability yet.

Description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.9, macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. An app may be able to access protected user data.

References

support.apple.com/en-us/124148 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/124149 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/124150 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/124151 · Release Notes
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/31
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/33
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/34

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