Sensitive data disclosure via unredacted Notes logs
Published Jul 29, 2025 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Sensitive-data logging in Notes in Apple macOS and iPadOS allows local users to read sensitive user data through a malicious app. The Notes component records sensitive user information in logs without sufficient redaction, leaving the recorded values accessible to another app. Execution of an app and user interaction are required; the reported consequence is disclosure only, with no integrity or availability impact.
Summary
What happened
Sensitive-data logging in Notes in Apple macOS and iPadOS allows local users to read sensitive user data through a malicious app. The Notes component records sensitive user information in logs without sufficient redaction, leaving the recorded values accessible to another app. Execution of an app and user interaction are required; the reported consequence is disclosure only, with no integrity or availability impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-43225
- Published
- Jul 29, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- CWE-532, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 29, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <13.7.7
- Affected versionversion=0 <14.7.7
- Affected versionversion=0 <15.6
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