macOS Tahoe 26.1 Root Privilege Escalation via Improved Checks
CVE-2025-43467 Published on December 12, 2025

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.1. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-43467 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2025-43467

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Affected Versions

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.02%
Percentile
4.89%

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