Apple iOS/watchOS: App ID Retrieval Privacy Issue Fixed in 18.7.3/26.2
CVE-2025-46279 Published on December 17, 2025
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-46279 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
CVE-2025-46279 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-46279
Want to know whenever a new CVE is published for Apple products? stack.watch will email you.
Affected Versions
Apple iOS and iPadOS:- Version unspecified and below 18.7 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 26.2 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 26.2 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 26.2 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 26.2 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 26.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.