CVE-2025-43454
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 4, 2025 at 01:16 AM UTC
Updated: September 26, 2026 at 12:27 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendoriPhone OSiPadOS
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1. A device may persistently fail to lock.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 18.7.2v < 26.1
Affected range stops below 18.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 26.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
Source: cverecord
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125632Source: cverecord
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125633SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284
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