Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2025 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2025-43190
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26, visionOS 26, watchOS 26. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125108
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125112
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125115
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125116
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/57
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/55
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/54
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/58