What is CVE-2025-43274?

CVE-2025-43274 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2025-43274?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple macOS

CVE-2025-43274

A privacy issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

Published 2025-07-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 2.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Apple macOS — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-311 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

support.apple.com/en-us/124149 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-43274?: CVE-2025-43274 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2025-43274?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.