This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4. An app may be able to access protected user data.

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Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:45:00 +0000

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Title Improper Symbolic Link Handling in macOS Allows Potential Data Exposure

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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Title Symlink Traversal Exploits Protected User Data
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-284

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-61
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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Title Symlink Traversal Exploits Protected User Data
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-284

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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Title macOS Symlink Handling Exploit Enables Access to Protected User Data
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-284

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Title macOS Symlink Handling Exploit Enables Access to Protected User Data
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-284

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Description This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4. An app may be able to access protected user data.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-12T21:22:38.449Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T15:24:37.101Z

Link: CVE-2025-43278

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-12T21:22:34.915Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-06-11T19:16:33.393

Modified: 2026-06-12T22:16:47.710

Link: CVE-2025-43278

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-13T01:30:17Z

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