A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.3, macOS Tahoe 26.1, macOS Sequoia 15.7.3. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 15.x prior to 15.7.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can be triggered when file     streams are piped into bsdtar, potentially allowing for reading past the end of the file. This out-of-     bounds read can lead to unintended consequences, including unpredictable program behavior, memory     corruption, or a denial-of-service condition. (CVE-2025-5918)

  - libcurl's ASN1 parser code has the `GTime2str()` function, used for parsing an ASN.1 Generalized Time     field. If given an syntactically incorrect field, the parser might end up using -1 for the length of the
    *time fraction*, leading to a `strlen()` getting performed on a pointer to a heap buffer area that is not     (purposely) null terminated. This flaw most likely leads to a crash, but can also lead to heap contents     getting returned to the application when     [CURLINFO_CERTINFO](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/CURLINFO_CERTINFO.html) is used. (CVE-2024-7264)

  - The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.3. An app     may be able to bypass launch constraint protections and execute malicious code with elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2025-43320)

  - A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.3, macOS     Sequoia 15.7.3. An app may be able to access protected user data. (CVE-2025-43416)

  - A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue     is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.3, macOS Tahoe 26.1, macOS Sequoia 15.7.3. An app may be able to access     sensitive user data. (CVE-2025-43463)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 14.x prior to 14.8.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can be triggered when file     streams are piped into bsdtar, potentially allowing for reading past the end of the file. This out-of-     bounds read can lead to unintended consequences, including unpredictable program behavior, memory     corruption, or a denial-of-service condition. (CVE-2025-5918)

  - libcurl's ASN1 parser code has the `GTime2str()` function, used for parsing an ASN.1 Generalized Time     field. If given an syntactically incorrect field, the parser might end up using -1 for the length of the
    *time fraction*, leading to a `strlen()` getting performed on a pointer to a heap buffer area that is not     (purposely) null terminated. This flaw most likely leads to a crash, but can also lead to heap contents     getting returned to the application when     [CURLINFO_CERTINFO](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/CURLINFO_CERTINFO.html) is used. (CVE-2024-7264)

  - A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.3, macOS     Sequoia 15.7.3. An app may be able to access protected user data. (CVE-2025-43416)

  - A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue     is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.3, macOS Tahoe 26.1, macOS Sequoia 15.7.3. An app may be able to access     sensitive user data. (CVE-2025-43463)

  - The issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.3, macOS     Sequoia 15.7.3. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service. (CVE-2025-43482)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 26.x prior to 26.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.1. An app may     be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt process memory. (CVE-2025-43402)

  - Sudo before 1.9.17p1, when used with a sudoers file that specifies a host that is neither the current host     nor ALL, allows listed users to execute commands on unintended machines. (CVE-2025-32462)

  - REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML     that has many deep elements that have same local name attributes. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with     tree parser API like REXML::Document.new, you may be impacted to this vulnerability. If you use other     parser APIs such as stream parser API and SAX2 parser API, this vulnerability is not affected. The REXML     gem 3.3.6 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. (CVE-2024-43398)

  - REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an     XML that has many digits between &# and x...; in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;). This does     not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.9 or     later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. (CVE-2024-49761)

  - A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5,     iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. A shortcut may be able to access files that are     normally inaccessible to the Shortcuts app. (CVE-2025-30465)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
278571	macOS 15.x < 15.7.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125887)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	medium
278569	macOS 14.x < 14.8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125888)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	medium
272228	macOS 26.x < 26.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125634)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high

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