CVE-2025-43436 (GCVE-0-2025-43436)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-04 01:17
Modified
2025-12-18 18:34
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • An app may be able to enumerate a user's installed apps
Summary
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in tvOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, visionOS 26.1. An app may be able to enumerate a user's installed apps.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple tvOS Version: unspecified   < 26.1
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   Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 26.1
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   Apple visionOS Version: unspecified   < 26.1
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   Apple watchOS Version: unspecified   < 26.1
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   Apple iOS and iPadOS Version: unspecified   < 26.1
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