CVE-2025-43538 Information disclosure in iOS and iPadOS

What is CVE-2025-43538?

CVE-2025-43538 is a low-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 12 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43538?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43538?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-43538 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43538 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-40455 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xgv8-hj8c-q8g5.