Security fix · CVE-2025-43256
This issue was addressed through improved state management.
Published Jul 29, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 2, 2026 · Apple macOS
Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-43256. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of Apple macOS is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.21%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Apple macOS 0 <15.6
This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor Apple macOS 0 <15.60 <15.6
How to fix CVE-2025-43256
Upgrade
CVE-2025-43256 lists a fix boundary at 15.6. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 0 <15.6
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-43256. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of Apple macOS is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Apple macOS 0 <15.6 0 <15.6. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.21%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jul 29, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
Apr 2, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-43256
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-43256
30-day exploitation probability 0.21%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-23111
This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
- EUVDOct 20, 2026