CVE-2025-43534

State: Published
Severity: 6.8 Medium
Published: Mar 25, 2026
Updated: Apr 2, 2026
Reserved: Apr 16, 2025

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2. A user with physical access to an iOS device may be able to bypass Activation Lock.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.8 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Affected Products

Product	Versions
iOS and iPadOSApple	before 18.7.7Affected before 26.2Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125884
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126793

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