High 8.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Dec 17, 2025

CVE-2025-43529A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 3:00 PM ET)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Dec 15, 2025; federal agencies had to remediate by Jan 5, 2026. Treat that date as your deadline.

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A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.2, iOS 18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, tvOS 26.2, visionOS 26.2, watchOS 26.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 26. CVE-2025-14174 was also issued in response to this report.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Dec 15, 2025; federal remediation due Jan 5, 2026Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 25.65% (percentile 98)
Assigned by: apple
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Sep 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Apple Safari apple:safari (from the name)	before 26.2	CNA record
Apple iOS and iPadOS apple:ios_and_ipados (from the name)	before 18.7.3; before 26.2	CNA record
Apple macOS apple:macos (from the name)	before 26.2	CNA record
Apple tvOS apple:tvos (from the name)	before 26.2	CNA record
Apple visionOS apple:visionos (from the name)	before 26.2	CNA record
Apple watchOS apple:watchos (from the name)	before 26.2	CNA record
apple safari apple:safari	before 26.2	NVD
apple ipados apple:ipados	before 18.7.3; from 26.0 before 26.2	NVD
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os	before 18.7.3; from 26.0 before 26.2	NVD
apple macos apple:macos	from 26.0 before 26.2	NVD
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References

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125884	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125885	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125886	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125889	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125890	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125891	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125892	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-43529	us-government-resource

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