CVE-2025-43459 (GCVE-0-2025-43459)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-04 01:16
Modified
2025-11-04 13:21
Severity ?
4.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • An attacker with physical access to a locked Apple Watch may be able to view Live Voicemail
Summary
An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.1. An attacker with physical access to a locked Apple Watch may be able to view Live Voicemail.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple watchOS Version: unspecified   < 26.1
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