# CVE-2025-43537: Path traversal in iOS and iPadOS

> An attacker can modify protected system files by tricking a user into restoring a maliciously crafted backup file on iOS or iPadOS devices.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9rvp-ph3g-jg82

## What is CVE-2025-43537?

CVE-2025-43537 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 11 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.5 and iPadOS 18.7.5, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2. Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43537?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-43537?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43537 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-43537 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43537 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Cybersecurity Researcher | Apple Security Credit (CVE-2025-43537) | Vulnerability Research & Responsible Disclosure (github_poc): https://github.com/hawkeye-bd/CVE-2025-43537

## Other vulnerabilities in Apple Ipados

- [CVE-2025-43300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43300/): Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-24201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24201/): Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-24085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24085/): Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-31200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31200/): Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-31201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31201/): Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-43537 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-43537 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 11 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43537 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apple Ipados. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43537/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43537/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43537
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43537
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43537

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43537/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.