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CVE-2025-46279
Apple App Installation Disclosure
Description

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.2, iOS 18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, visionOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2. An app may be able to identify what other apps a user has installed.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 17, 2025, 9:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 18, 2025, 3:07 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-46279 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

Solution
Apply system updates to restrict app visibility and prevent unauthorized access.
  • Update watchOS to version 26.2.
  • Update iOS to version 18.7.3.
  • Update iPadOS to version 18.7.3.
  • Update macOS to version 26.2.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-46279.

URL Resource
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125884
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125885
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125886
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125889
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125890
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125891
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-46279 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-46279 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-46279 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Dec. 17, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.2, iOS 18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, visionOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2. An app may be able to identify what other apps a user has installed.
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/125884
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/125885
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/125886
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/125889
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/125890
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/125891
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
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