Vulnerability

CVE-2025-46293

Medium· 5.5CVSS5.5EPSS0%

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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.

Threat signal

55/100

Elevated

Severity

medium

CVSS

5.5

EPSS

Active

CVSS

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5.5/ 10MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack VectorLocalRequires local access — shell, console, or local app.
Attack ComplexityLowNo special conditions — exploit works reliably.
Privileges RequiredLowStandard user privileges sufficient.
User InteractionNoneFully automated — no victim action needed.
ScopeUnchangedImpact contained to the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality ImpactHighTotal disclosure of sensitive data.
Integrity ImpactNoneNo integrity impact.
Availability ImpactNoneNo availability impact.

EPSS

Exploit prediction · 30-day horizonFIRST.org →

0.01%

probability of exploitation in next 30 days

higher than 2% of all CVEs

Low exploitation likelihood — defer if no other signals fire.

Vendor VEX

No VEX statements published for CVE-2025-46293. Vendors publish VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) to assert per-product whether a CVE is actually exploitable in their distribution.

SSVCDefer

No exploitation, limited impact or prevalence

exploitation: none
automatable: no
impact: partial
mission: support

Lifecycle

2026-06-11Published
2026-06-12Last modified1 source

References

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

No source-event history recorded yet. New revisions will appear here as ingestors re-fetch this CVE.