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CVE-2025-24221VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-24221: Apple iOS and iPadOS · Sensitive keychain data may be accessible from an iOS backup

Affects Apple iOS and iPadOSSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High · fixed in 18.4 : patch Apple iOS and iPadOS soon.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 58% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 18.4, 17.7.6, 2.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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 2026-10-25.

What to do

Upgrade Apple iOS and iPadOS to 18.4, 17.7.6 or 2.4.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Apple iOS and iPadOSAffected
  • =0
  • <18.4
  • <17.7.6
  • <2.4
Fixed in
  • 18.4
  • 17.7.6
  • 2.4

AI-suggested

Apple has released official fixes for this vulnerability in iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, and visionOS 2.4. Users and administrators should update affected devices to these versions or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official updates.

Description

This issue was addressed with improved data access restriction. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, visionOS 2.4. Sensitive keychain data may be accessible from an iOS backup.

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