CVE-2025-43329 Privilege escalation in iOS and iPadOS
An app can break out of its sandbox, allowing privilege escalation on Apple operating systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-43329?
CVE-2025-43329 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 15 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43329?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Macos, Apple Tvos, Apple Watchos.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43329?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43329 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-43329 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43329 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Ipados
- CVE-2025-43300 Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24201 Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24085 Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free
- CVE-2025-31200 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption
- CVE-2025-31201 Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r859-36w5-m999.