CVE-2025-43296
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Publication date: 2025-10-09

Last updated on: 2025-10-20

Assigner: Apple Inc.

Description
A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26. An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks.
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Published
2025-10-09
Last Modified
2025-10-20
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2026-06-16
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2025-10-09
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2025-43296
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Showing 1 associated CPE
Vendor Product Version / Range
apple macos to 26.0 (exc)
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CWE ID Description
CWE-352 The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.
CWE-703 The product does not properly anticipate or handle exceptional conditions that rarely occur during normal operation of the product.
CWE-693 The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.
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Update your system to macOS Tahoe 26 or later, as this version includes the fix for the vulnerability that allows an app to bypass Gatekeeper checks. [1]

Impact Analysis

By bypassing Gatekeeper checks, malicious or untrusted applications could run on your macOS system without proper verification, potentially leading to unauthorized code execution, security breaches, or installation of harmful software.

Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a logic issue in macOS Tahoe 26 that allows an app to bypass Gatekeeper checks due to insufficient validation. Gatekeeper is a security feature designed to ensure that only trusted software runs on macOS, and this flaw lets an app circumvent those protections.

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