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Publication date: 2025-11-04

Last updated on: 2026-04-02

Assigner: Apple Inc.

Description

A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.2 and iPadOS 18.7.2, iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. An unprivileged process may be able to terminate a root processes.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-04

Last Modified

2026-04-02

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-04

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-43365

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
apple	ipados	to 26.0 (exc)
apple	iphone_os	to 26.0 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-20	The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a denial-of-service issue caused by insufficient input validation, which could allow an unprivileged process to terminate a root process on affected iOS and iPadOS versions before 26.

Impact Analysis

An attacker exploiting this vulnerability could cause denial of service by terminating critical root processes, potentially disrupting device functionality or stability.

Mitigation Strategies

Update your devices to iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 where this vulnerability is fixed. Avoid running untrusted or unprivileged processes that could exploit this issue until the update is applied.

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