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CVE-2025-43262: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-43262· Medium 5.1

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 02:01 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 15 Sep 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26. Users and administrators should update to macOS Tahoe 26 or later to ensure USB Restricted Mode is properly enforced. No additional mitigations are specified.

Description

CVE-2025-43262 is a permissions issue in macOS Tahoe 26 where USB Restricted Mode may not be applied to accessories connected during boot. The issue has been addressed with additional restrictions in the fixed version.

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