CVE-2025-43542 Information disclosure in iOS and iPadOS

What is CVE-2025-43542?

CVE-2025-43542 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 12 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Sequoia 15.7.3, macOS Tahoe 26.2, visionOS 26.2. Password fields may be unintentionally revealed when remotely controlling a device over FaceTime.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43542?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43542?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43542 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-43542 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43542 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos

• CVE-2026-65400 Apple macOS Improper Authentication Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-44146 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-44148 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• 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-cc4h-r4x5-p77q.