CVE-2025-46284
📛 CVE Title
CVE-2025-46284
Description
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
Overview
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Assigner (CNA)
- apple
- CVSS severity
- high
- CVSS score
- —
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Effective score
- 7.0 / 10 HIGH source: NVD
- CWE(s)
- —
- Reserved
- 2025-04-22
- Published
- 2026-05-26 21:32 UTC
- Last updated
- 2026-05-28 03:55 UTC
- Source
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2025/46xxx/CVE-2025-46284.json
- Linked Threat
- CVE-2025-46284 — CVE-2025-46284
NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0
Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.
- NVD published
- 2026-05-26 22:16:41 UTC
- NVD last modified
- 2026-07-24 11:10:00 UTC
- NVD CVSS v3.1
- 7.0 / 10 HIGH source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
- NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Exploitability subscore
- 1.0 / 10
- Impact subscore
- 5.9 / 10
- EPSS score
- 0.0010 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
- EPSS percentile
- 1.13% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-07-26
NVD-assigned CWE(s):
CWE-362
(differs from the CNA list above)
NVD / KEV / EPSS data refreshed 2026-07-27 11:26 UTC. Re-run the 🛰 Backfill from NVD button above to refresh.
European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD
ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.
- EUVD ID
-
EUVD-2025-209939 - Assigner
- apple
- Published
- May 26, 2026, 9:32:06 PM
- Updated
- May 28, 2026, 3:55:23 AM
- EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1)
-
7.0 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EUVD-reported EPSS
- 0.1000
- Vendors
- Apple
- Products
-
macOS (0 <26)macOS (0 <15.7)
- Aliases
-
GHSA-w224-q336-gxjj
ENISA description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
EUVD references (2)
Affected products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | macOS |
0 (affected),
0 (affected)
|
— |
Affected products — CPE 2.3 (1) NVD
NVD's normalized CPE 2.3 matchers, used by vendor tools (vulnerability scanners, asset managers) for automated detection. Compare with the CNA's free-text "Affected products" section above.
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendor references (2)
References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.
Web references (5)
DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46284 tenable:nvd.nist.gov
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110 tenable:support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111 tenable:support.apple.com
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46284 tenable:www.cve.org
- https://www.first.org/epss/ tenable:www.first.org
NVD-tagged references (2)
Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110 product-security@apple.com Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111 product-security@apple.com Vendor Advisory
Remediations (20)
Remediations are stored against the linked Threat row; the list below is deduplicated across both pages.
-
web:blog.qualys.com
Key Takeaways RedSun is a critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Defender that allows low-privileged users to gain SYSTEM access No patch is currently available, leaving all Defender-enabled Windows systems potentially exposed Qualys VMDR detects affected assets instantly (QID 92382) TruRisk™ Eliminate enables immediate mitigation , removing exploitability without waiting for a fix ...
2026-06-04 00:02 UTC -
web:blog.stefan-gossner.com
Important: If your current farm patch level is September 2025 CU, execute the following PowerShell script to correct the folder permissions on the relevant folders otherwise installing the SharePoint fixes will fail: Fix -SeptemberCU-Permission-Problem.ps1 Alternatively you can also remove the NT Authority\system account from WSS_WPG and IIS_IUSRS local security groups of the SharePoint ...
2026-06-04 00:02 UTC -
web:krebsonsecurity.com
Microsoft Corp. today issued security updates to fix more than 80 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and software. There are no known "zero-day" or actively exploited vulnerabilities ...
2026-06-04 00:02 UTC -
web:portal.msrc.microsoft.com
The Security Update Guide provides information on the latest Microsoft security updates, helping users understand and address potential vulnerabilities effectively.
2026-06-04 00:02 UTC -
web:www.bleepingcomputer.com
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of hackers exploiting an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Git distributed version control system.
2026-06-04 00:02 UTC -
web:www.computerworld.com
Each month, the team at Readiness analyzes the latest Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and provides detailed, actionable testing guidance. The company's Patch Tuesday release for February ...
2026-06-04 00:02 UTC -
web:www.csoonline.com
Oracle has released the first security fixes in its new monthly Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU) cycle, designed to address urgent vulnerabilities that can't wait for the company's ...
2026-06-04 00:02 UTC -
web:www.maketecheasier.com
Check out the latest Windows 11 and Windows 10 update problems and their solutions, as recommended by Microsoft experts.
2026-06-04 00:02 UTC -
web:www.oracle.com
This Critical Patch Update contains 374 new security patches across the product families listed below. Please note that an MOS note summarizing the content of this Critical Patch Update and other Oracle Software Security Assurance activities is located at October 2025 Critical Patch Update: Executive Summary and Analysis.
2026-06-04 00:02 UTC -
web:www.windowscentral.com
A faulty BitLocker configuration is forcing some PCs into BitLocker recovery mode after the April 2026 update, but there's a workaround to resolve this issue.
2026-06-04 00:02 UTC -
web:cvefeed.io
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
2026-06-19 02:26 UTC -
web:cybersecuritynews.com
Microsoft has officially acknowledged a critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Defender, publicly dubbed "RoguePlanet," and confirmed it is actively developing a security patch to address the flaw.
2026-06-19 02:26 UTC -
web:thewincentral.com
Windows 11 cumulative update KB5094126 is causing severe BSOD 0xc0430001 boot loops, BitLocker lockouts, and broken OneDrive apps. Learn how to fix it now. - Read in Windows Issues on WinCentral
2026-06-19 02:26 UTC -
web:vulners.com
CVE-2025-46284 describes a race condition that was mitigated by additional validation. Public details indicate the issue affects macOS Sequoia (version 15.7) and macOS Tahoe (version 26), with the potential for an app to obtain root privileges. Th...
2026-06-19 02:26 UTC -
web:www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) updates to fix issues affecting Windows Server systems after installing the April 2026 security updates.
2026-06-19 02:26 UTC -
web:www.linkedin.com
Microsoft has confirmed that it is developing a security update to address a newly disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Defender, following the public release of exploit code that ...
2026-06-19 02:26 UTC -
web:www.malwarebytes.com
Microsoft says it's working on a fix for an unpatched Defender vulnerability that can give attackers the highest level of access on Windows.
2026-06-19 02:26 UTC -
web:www.tenable.com
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
2026-06-19 02:26 UTC -
web:www.tomshardware.com
Installing this month's Windows Server security update has knocked some enterprise domain controllers into continuous reboot cycles, Microsoft confirmed in a release health dashboard entry.
2026-06-19 02:26 UTC -
web:www.windowslatest.com
Windows 11 KB5078127 is an 'out-of-band' patch to fix an issue that broke Outlook Classic (POP, PST) after January 2026 Patch Tuesday.
2026-06-19 02:26 UTC
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The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2025-46284.json.
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