The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.2. An app may be able to access protected user data.
References
History

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

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

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

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

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.2. An app may be able to access protected user data.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-18T19:29:03.664Z

Reserved: 2025-04-22T21:13:49.958Z

Link: CVE-2025-46278

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-18T19:09:33.765Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-12-17T21:16:13.247

Modified: 2025-12-18T20:15:56.120

Link: CVE-2025-46278

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-12-18T09:55:36Z