Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-43350

Apple Ipados ≤ 26.1

Published
04 November 2025
Modified
05 November 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 2.4
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0019 9th percentile
Risk Priority 15 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-43350 is a low-severity Incorrect Default Permissions (CWE-276) vulnerability in Apple Ipados. Its CVSS base score is 2.4 (Low).

Operationally, ranked at the 9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-11 (Device Lock) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1. An attacker may be able to view restricted content from the lock screen.

CWE(s)
CWE-276

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 26.1
apple
iphone os
≤ 26.1

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 11 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match
prevent

Directly enforces access restrictions so that lock-screen content cannot be viewed without proper authorization, addressing the permissions bypass in this CVE.

AC-11 Device Lock good match
prevent

Requires the device lock mechanism to retain protection of restricted content until re-authentication occurs, directly mitigating unauthorized lock-screen viewing.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match
prevent

Enforces least-privilege assignment of permissions so that default or residual access rights do not expose restricted content from the lock screen.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-01 full match
prevents

Hardened baselines and configuration management explicitly require correct default file permissions.

PR.AA-05 mostly match
prevents

Defining and enforcing least-privilege access permissions directly prevents overly permissive defaults at install time.

ID.AM-08 partial match
prevents

Lifecycle management can encompass permission settings, yet the control is too broad to specifically mitigate incorrect defaults.

PR.PS-06 partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices include establishing secure defaults, but address only the development-phase portion of the weakness.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.9 Configuration management mostly match
prevents

Standard templates that restrict access to utility programs and host parameter settings prevent the assignment of overly permissive default permissions on critical resources.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that reduce the attack surface for weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Derived transitively via CVE→CWE→STIG over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only).

Windows Server 2016 (1 rule)
  • V-224833 Permissions for program file directories must conform to minimum requirements. via CWE-276
Windows Server 2019 (2 rules)
  • V-205735 Windows Server 2019 permissions for program file directories must conform to minimum requirements. via CWE-276
  • V-205736 Windows Server 2019 permissions for the Windows installation directory must conform to minimum requirements. via CWE-276
Windows Server 2022 (2 rules)
  • V-254252 Windows Server 2022 permissions for program file directories must conform to minimum requirements. via CWE-276
  • V-254253 Windows Server 2022 permissions for the Windows installation directory must conform to minimum requirements. via CWE-276

References