CVE-2025-43496highCWE-359

CVE-2025-43496: high-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS

Published 04 Nov 2025 · Updated 05 Aug 2026

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 7.5epss 0.5%

The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.2 and iPadOS 18.7.2, iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, macOS Tahoe 26.1, visionOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1. Remote content may be loaded even when the 'Load Remote Images' setting is turned off.

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

Affected products

Apple · iOS and iPadOS Apple · macOS Apple · visionOS Apple · watchOS

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References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125632 https://support.apple.com/en-us/125633 https://support.apple.com/en-us/125634 https://support.apple.com/en-us/125635 https://support.apple.com/en-us/125638 https://support.apple.com/en-us/125639