CVE-2026-43689: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, visionOS 27. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 26.7 (fixed in 26.7)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 26.7 (fixed in 26.7)
• Apple macOS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)
• Apple visionOS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)

Published 2026-09-14. Last modified 2026-09-15.