7.5High

Apple Ipados

CVE-2026-28938

A privacy issue was addressed by moving sensitive data. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6. An app may be able to fingerprint the user.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Apple Ipados. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.1% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 4% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Apple Ipados, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
7.5 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-359
Assigned by
product-security@apple.com

Dates

Published
2026-09-14
Last modified
2026-09-17
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Apple Ipados- 26.6
  • Apple Iphone Os- 26.6

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References