CVE-2025-46279 (GCVE-0-2025-46279)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-17 20:47 – Updated: 2025-12-18 19:29
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- An app may be able to identify what other apps a user has installed
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS |
Affected:
unspecified , < 18.7
(custom)
|
||
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