CVE-2025-65741: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 44% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 9 Dec 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
- Immediately monitor Sublime Text official channels for patches addressing CVE-2025-65741 and apply updates as soon as they become available.
- Until a patch is released, restrict the execution of untrusted or unsigned dylibs on macOS systems using tools like Gatekeeper and System Integrity Protection (SIP).
- Employ macOS hardened runtime and code signing enforcement to prevent unauthorized dylib injection.
- Limit Sublime Text usage to trusted environments and avoid opening untrusted projects or files that could trigger dylib loading.
- Use endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions capable of detecting anomalous dylib injection or process manipulation behaviors.
- Educate developers and users about the risks of loading unverified plugins or extensions in Sublime Text.
- Implement network segmentation and strict access controls to reduce the attack surface and prevent remote delivery of malicious dylibs.
- Regularly audit macOS systems for unauthorized dylibs loaded into critical applications.
- Consider temporary use of alternative editors or IDEs on macOS until the vulnerability is fully mitigated.
Description
Sublime Text 3 Build 3208 or prior for MacOS is vulnerable to Dylib Injection. An attacker could compile a .dylib file and force the execution of this library in the context of the Sublime Text application.