A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, Safari 18. 6. A download's origin may be incorrectly associated.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Apple
  • Macos
  • Safari
  • Sequoia

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References
Link Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Aug/0 cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32 cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00015.html cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43240 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124152 cve-icon cve-icon
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2025-0005.html cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43240 cve-icon
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title webkitgtk: A download’s origin may be incorrectly associated
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Moderate

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple safari
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple safari

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-703
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Apple sequoia
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos
Apple sequoia

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 23:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. A download's origin may be incorrectly associated. A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, Safari 18. 6. A download's origin may be incorrectly associated.
References

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. A download's origin may be incorrectly associated.
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2025-07-29T23:29:26.024Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:02:29.064Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T15:24:37.091Z

Link: CVE-2025-43240

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T18:09:48.131Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-07-30T00:15:35.890

Modified: 2025-11-03T20:18:55.910

Link: CVE-2025-43240

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-07-29T23:29:26Z

Links: CVE-2025-43240 - Bugzilla