What is CVE-2025-43523?

CVE-2025-43523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-43523?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Apple macOS

CVE-2025-43523

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.3, macOS Tahoe 26.2. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2025-12-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 7.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Apple macOS — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

support.apple.com/en-us/125886
support.apple.com/en-us/125887 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-43523?: CVE-2025-43523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-43523?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.