CVE-2025-43278

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-11. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(high)
EPSS
4.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 11, 2026

Last Modified

June 15, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 14, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

About the security content of macOS Sequoia 15.4 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-43278(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 22× in last 7d / 88× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-07 01:46 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 01:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-05 11:01 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-05 11:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-04 11:21 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-04 11:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-04 06:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-03 07:42 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-03 07:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-02 09:37 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-02 09:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-01 11:36 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-01 11:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-30 13:36 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-06-30 13:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-29 12:27 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-06-29 12:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-06-28 14:26 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-06-28 14:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-06-28 04:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-06-28 04:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-06-27 16:22 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-06-27 16:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-26 18:21 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-06-26 18:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-06-25 20:07 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-06-25 20:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-24 22:06 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-06-24 22:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-24 00:05 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-06-24 00:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-23 02:04 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-06-23 02:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-22 03:58 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-06-22 03:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-06-21 04:48 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-06-21 04:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-06-20 06:02 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-06-20 06:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-19 07:43 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-06-19 07:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-06-18 09:38 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-06-18 09:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-06-17 11:15 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-06-17 11:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-06-16 13:14 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-06-16 13:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-06-15 14:54 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-06-15 14:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-06-14 23:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-06-14 16:53 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.50
  58. 2026-06-14 16:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-06-12 23:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-06-12 22:17 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  62. 2026-06-11 19:57 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-06-11 19:56 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-43278?
CVE-2025-43278 is a medium vulnerability published on June 11, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2025-43278 disclosed?
CVE-2025-43278 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 11, 2026, with the most recent update on June 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-43278 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-43278 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 4.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-43278?
CVE-2025-43278 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-43278?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-43278, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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