iOS 26 DoS: Unprivileged process can terminate root procs
CVE-2025-43365 Published on November 4, 2025
A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.2 and iPadOS 18.7.2. An unprivileged process may be able to terminate a root processes.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-43365 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-43365
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Affected Versions
Apple iOS and iPadOS:- Version unspecified and below 18.7 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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