CVE-2025-43537

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.5%

Medium (5.5) in apple. 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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 45% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2026-02-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:ipados
apple:iphone_os

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125884
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126347

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