Apple watchOS up to 18.2 App sandbox

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple watchOS. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component App. Performing a manipulation results in sandbox. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-43329. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple watchOS. This affects some unknown processing of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sandbox vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-265. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26, tvOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-43329 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1611 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 26.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-29286). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Smartwatch Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• watchOS

Version

• 2.2.2
• 3
• 3.1
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.3
• 3.2
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 4.0
• 4.2
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.3
• 4.3.1
• 4.3.2
• 4.4.2
• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.1.3
• 5.2
• 5.2.1
• 5.3
• 5.3.2
• 5.3.7
• 5.3.9
• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.2
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.8
• 6.2.9
• 7.0
• 7.0.3
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.3.2
• 7.3.3
• 7.4
• 7.4.1
• 7.5
• 7.6
• 7.6.2
• 8.0
• 8.1
• 8.3
• 8.4
• 8.5
• 8.6
• 8.7
• 8.8.1
• 9.1
• 9.2
• 9.3
• 9.4
• 9.5
• 9.5.1
• 9.5.2
• 9.6
• 10.0
• 10.5
• 10.15.0
• 10.15.1
• 12.1
• 13.0
• 13.7
• 14.0
• 15
• 15.1
• 18
• 18.1
• 18.2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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