CVE-2025-43537: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.5 and iPadOS 18.7.5, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2. Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 18.7.5 (fixed in 18.7.5)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 18.7.5 (fixed in 18.7.5)

Published 2026-02-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.