CVE-2025-43358

Sandbox escape via undisclosed Shortcuts permissions flaw

Published Sep 15, 2025 · Updated Sep 15, 2025

Permissions bypass in Shortcuts in Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS allows local users to bypass sandbox restrictions with a shortcut. Apple identifies the Shortcuts component and a permissions issue, but has not published the affected permission check or how a shortcut evades it. A user must be able to run a shortcut locally; the public record confirms escape from sandbox restrictions but does not identify the accessible resources or actions.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability0.30%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
Hinoki checkNot available
Coverage for this vulnerability

See if you're affected

Explore vulnerability checks for your environment with Hinoki.

Book a demo

Summary

What happened

Permissions bypass in Shortcuts in Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS allows local users to bypass sandbox restrictions with a shortcut. Apple identifies the Shortcuts component and a permissions issue, but has not published the affected permission check or how a shortcut evades it. A user must be able to run a shortcut locally; the public record confirms escape from sandbox restrictions but does not identify the accessible resources or actions.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-43358
Published
Sep 15, 2025
Updated
Sep 15, 2025
Vendor
Apple
Product
iOS and iPadOS
Classifications
CWE-862
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

Present is not the same as exploitable

Compare your product and version with the public record. A matching version still requires validation against your environment.

Is a vulnerable build present?

Compare these published version ranges with your installed build and any vendor patches.

  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <18.7
  2. Affected versionversion=unspecified <26

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Apple · iOS and iPadOSversion=unspecified <18.7; version=unspecified <26
Apple · macOSversion=unspecified <14.8; version=unspecified <15.7; version=unspecified <26

Published CVSS scores

8.8CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.

Daily unique IPsNo honeypot observations are available for this CVE in the selected window.

No observations available

Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-862Missing Authorization

Public exploit references

No public exploit references are available in this record.

Labels summarize the accepted research assessment. They do not indicate a test against your environment.

Technologies

Your stack

See the directory against your own environment.

Your stack

Check the software in your environment

Book a demo to see how Hinoki identifies affected software and validates exploitability in your environment.

Book a demo