CVE-2025-43500: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of user preferences. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, visionOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 26.1 (fixed in 26.1)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 26.1 (fixed in 26.1)
• Apple visionOS: before 26.1 (fixed in 26.1)
• Apple watchOS: before 26.1 (fixed in 26.1)

Published 2025-11-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.