CVE-2025-43203

The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7 and iPadOS 18.7, iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. An attacker with physical access to an unlocked device may be able to view an image in the most recently viewed locked note.

Published: 2025-09-15 Last update: 2026-04-02 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-43203 is rated Low Risk (17.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-43203

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-09-16 0.02%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-43203

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.5 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-43203

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-43203

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple ipados < 18.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os < 18.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-43203

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