CVE-2025-55179: WhatsApp

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Incomplete validation of rich response messages in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.25.23.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS v2.25.23.82, and WhatsApp for Mac v2.25.23.83 could have allowed a user to trigger processing of media content from an arbitrary URL on another user’s device. We have not seen evidence of exploitation in the wild.

Affected products

• WhatsApp WhatsApp: from 2.25.8.14, before 2.25.23.83 (fixed in 2.25.23.83); from 2.25.8.17, before 2.25.23.73 (fixed in 2.25.23.73)
• WhatsApp WhatsApp Business: from 2.25.8.14, before 2.25.23.82 (fixed in 2.25.23.82)

Published 2025-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.