Privacy Vulnerability in Apple iOS and macOS Products
CVE-2026-28878

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor: Apple
Status: iOS And iPad OS; Mac OS; TV OS; Visionos
Vendor: CVE Published:; 25 March 2026

What is CVE-2026-28878?

A privacy vulnerability in Apple's iOS and macOS products could enable malicious applications to enumerate the installed apps on a user's device. This issue has been addressed by removing access to sensitive data, thereby preventing potential misuse of user information. Updates are available in the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS.

Affected Version(s)

iOS and iPadOS 0 < 18.7.7

iOS and iPadOS 0 < 26.4

macOS 0 < 14.8.5

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126792

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126793

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126794

CVSS V3.1

Score:

6.5

Severity:

MEDIUM

Confidentiality:

Low

Integrity:

None

Availability:

Low

Attack Vector:

Network

Attack Complexity:

Low

Privileges Required:

None

User Interaction:

None

Scope:

Unchanged

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Timeline

Vulnerability published
Mar 25, 2026
Vulnerability Reserved
Mar 3, 2026

CVE-2026-28878 Data

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