What is CVE-2025-43538?

CVE-2025-43538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple iOS And Ipados, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-43538?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Apple iOS And Ipados

CVE-2025-43538

A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Sonoma 14.8.3, macOS Tahoe 26.2, visionOS 26.2, watchOS 26.2. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2025-12-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.030 (86.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.030 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Apple iOS And Ipados — versions 0
Apple macOS — versions 0
Apple Visionos — versions 0
Apple watchOS — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

support.apple.com/en-us/125884
support.apple.com/en-us/125885
support.apple.com/en-us/125886
support.apple.com/en-us/125888 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/125890
support.apple.com/en-us/125891

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-43538?: CVE-2025-43538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple iOS And Ipados, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-43538?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.