CVE-2025-43391 is a privacy vulnerability in Apple Photos affecting supported releases of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The issue was caused by improper handling of temporary files, which could allow an application to access sensitive user data processed or exposed by Photos. Apple indicates the flaw was remediated through improved handling of temporary files. The vulnerability is documented as affecting Photos on macOS Sonoma and macOS Sequoia, and is also fixed in iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, and macOS Tahoe 26.1.
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