CVE-2025-43496 — Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apple IOS AND Ipados

CWE-359 — Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor9 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Apple IOS AND IpadosApple MacosApple Visionos+3 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 4
Latest updateNov 5

Description

The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.2 and iPadOS 18.7.2, iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, macOS Tahoe 26.1, visionOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1. Remote content may be loaded even when the 'Load Remote Images' setting is turned off.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macos< 15.7.2+1
▶NVDapple/macos< 15.7.2
▶NVDapple/ipados< 26.1
▶CVEListV5apple/ios_and_ipados< 18.7.2+1
▶CVEListV5apple/watchos< 26.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x562-c4w5-864v: The issue was addressed by adding additional logic↗2025-11-04
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CVEList
CVE-2025-43496: The issue was addressed by adding additional logic↗2025-11-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
Apple
CVE-2025-43496: iOS 18.7.2 and iPadOS 18.7.2↗2025-11-05
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Apple
CVE-2025-43496: macOS Tahoe 26.1↗2025-11-03
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Apple
CVE-2025-43496: macOS Sequoia 15.7.2↗2025-11-03
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Apple
CVE-2025-43496: watchOS 26.1↗2025-11-03
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Apple
CVE-2025-43496: visionOS 26.1↗2025-11-03
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CVE-2025-43496 — Apple IOS AND Ipados vulnerability | cvebase