MacOS & Safari 26.2 Sensitive Data Leak via Missing Permission Checks
CVE-2025-46282 Published on December 17, 2025

The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.2, Safari 26.2. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-46282 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.

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

Weakness Type

What is an Authorization Vulnerability?

The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

CVE-2025-46282 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

Apple Safari: Apple macOS:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.01%
Percentile
2.37%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.