Privacy Vulnerability in Apple iOS and watchOS Products
CVE-2025-43455

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Apple

Vendor
CVE Published:
4 November 2025

What is CVE-2025-43455?

A significant privacy issue has been found within Apple's iOS, watchOS, iPadOS, and visionOS platforms, allowing malicious applications to exploit vulnerable embedded views. This could enable unauthorized apps to capture sensitive information through screenshots, posing a risk to user privacy. Apple has addressed this vulnerability with improved checks in the latest versions of the affected operating systems.

Affected Version(s)

iOS and iPadOS < 26.1

visionOS < 26.1

watchOS < 26.1

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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