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Apple iOS CVE-2026-28938

| EUVDEUVD-2026-77964 HIGH
Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CWE-359)
2026-09-14 apple GHSA-wxc5-2jg8-734h
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: apple
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Vendor (apple) PRIMARY
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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4.0 MEDIUM

Exploitation requires a locally installed/running app (AV:L), needs no special privileges (PR:N); fingerprinting exposes limited identifiers so C:L, with no integrity or availability impact.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor: apple

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Sep 16, 2026 - 13:24 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Sep 16, 2026 - 13:22 NVD
7.5 (HIGH)
Patch available
Sep 14, 2026 - 22:19 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 14, 2026 - 20:47 cve.org
HIGH 7.5
CVE Published
Sep 14, 2026 - 20:47 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

User fingerprinting on Apple iOS and iPadOS devices running versions earlier than 26.6 allows an installed application to identify and track the device owner through sensitive data that Apple has now relocated as part of version 26.6. Per the authoritative assessment, this is an on-device, local-execution privacy flaw (CWE-359) with no additional privileges or user interaction required beyond the app running, and its impact is limited to tracking/fingerprinting rather than data theft, code execution, or system compromise; the supplied AV:N/high-confidentiality vector is not borne out by analysis. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Requires a malicious or privacy-abusing app to be installed and executed on the target iOS/iPadOS device (version below 26.6); this is on-device local execution, not remote network exploitation despite the supplied AV:N vector. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment This is a privacy/fingerprinting flaw (CWE-359) in Apple iOS/iPadOS, fixed in 26.6, that Apple describes as 'An app may be able to fingerprint the user.' The signals conflict sharply. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Vendor-released patch: update to iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, which Apple states fixes the issue by moving sensitive data; the advisory is at https://support.apple.com/en-us/128066. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, inventory all iOS and iPadOS devices across managed, BYOD, and enterprise-provisioned fleets and identify every endpoint running a version earlier than 26.6; confirm that App Store, sideloading, MDM/enterprise provisioning, and TestFlight are the only application-install paths permitted in policy and review any existing allow-lists for privacy-abusive apps. …

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