User Consent Vulnerability in Apple macOS Products
CVE-2025-43184

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Apple
Status
Mac OS
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 July 2025

What is CVE-2025-43184?

This vulnerability allows a shortcut to potentially bypass critical settings in the Shortcuts app, which could lead to unauthorized actions without explicit user consent. Apple's prompt to strengthen user verification was implemented in the update to macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, Ventura 13.7.7, and Sequoia 15.4, effectively addressing this pathway for exploitation.

Affected Version(s)

macOS < 15.4

macOS < 14.7

macOS < 13.7

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124150
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124151

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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