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CVE-2025-24178: Apple iOS and iPadOS · An app may be able to break out of its sandbox

Affects Apple iOS and iPadOSSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical : upgrade to 18.4 or 17.7.6 as a priority.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 75% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 18.4, 17.7.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 31 Mar 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Apple iOS and iPadOS to 18.4 or 17.7.6.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Apple iOS and iPadOSAffected
  • <18.4
  • <17.7.6
Fixed in
  • 18.4
  • 17.7.6

AI-suggested

Apple has released official fixes for this vulnerability in iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, and corresponding updates for macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. Users and administrators should apply these updates promptly to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the vendor-provided patches. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.

Description

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, tvOS 18.4, watchOS 11.4. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

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