CVE-2025-43534: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2. A user with physical access to an iOS device may be able to bypass Activation Lock.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 18.7.7 (fixed in 18.7.7); from 26.0, before 26.2 (fixed in 26.2)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 18.7.7 (fixed in 18.7.7); from 26.0, before 26.2 (fixed in 26.2)

Published 2026-03-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.