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CVE-2025-43217

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-07-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-359

Description

The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, iPadOS 17.7.9. Privacy Indicators for microphone or camera access may not be correctly displayed.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 17.7.9; from 18.0 before 18.6 — fixed in 17.7.9, 18.6
• Apple Iphone Os: before 18.6 — fixed in 18.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 17.7.9, 18.6; Apple Iphone Os 18.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/124147
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/124148
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/30
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/31

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