Apple Safari: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-451.
Summary
The issue was addressed with improved UI. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.6, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6. Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | Safari | before 18.6 | 18.6 | Patch available | CNA |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | before 18.6 | 18.6 | Patch available | CNA |
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Safari (Apple) Fixed in 18.6
- Fix · CNA iOS and iPadOS (Apple) Fixed in 18.6
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apple iOS and iPadOS 18.6
24 records Highest priority Priority CRITICAL 1 CRITICAL, 9 MEDIUM, 14 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-22512 Memory corruption in Apple SafariPriority CRITICAL 97
- TI-2025-27946 Improper input validation in Apple iOS and iPadOSPriority MEDIUM 51
- TI-2025-27921 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOSPriority MEDIUM 51
- Release ·
Apple Safari 18.6
14 records Highest priority Priority CRITICAL 1 CRITICAL, 3 MEDIUM, 10 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-22512 Memory corruption in Apple SafariPriority CRITICAL 97
- TI-2025-22513 Memory corruption in Apple SafariPriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2025-22509 Memory corruption in Apple SafariPriority MEDIUM 42
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-43228
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wjrj-j5jq-gmmx
References
More Apple Ipados vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-28008 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-22441 Apple iOS and iPadOS: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-22440 Memory corruption in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-17847 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2022-06854 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-43228 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-43228 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wjrj-j5jq-gmmx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-43228 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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