CVE-2025-43280: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was resolved by not loading remote images. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6. Forwarding an email could display remote images in Mail in Lockdown Mode.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 18.6 (fixed in 18.6)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 18.6 (fixed in 18.6)

Published 2025-10-15. Last modified 2026-10-08.