CVE-2025-30439: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information in Apple iOS and iPadOS
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4, visionOS 2.4, watchOS 11.4. An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2025-30439) allows an attacker with physical access to a locked Apple iOS or iPadOS device to view sensitive user information. The root cause was insufficient access control checks on locked devices. Apple fixed the issue by improving these checks in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires physical access (AV:P), has low attack complexity (AC:L), no privileges required (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N), and impacts confidentiality (C:H) without affecting integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with physical access to a locked device could access sensitive user information, potentially leading to privacy breaches. The vulnerability does not affect system integrity or availability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4. Users and administrators should update affected devices to these versions or later to remediate the issue. No other mitigation or workaround is indicated.
CVE-2025-30439: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information in Apple iOS and iPadOS
Description
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4, visionOS 2.4, watchOS 11.4. An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.6medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2025-30439) allows an attacker with physical access to a locked Apple iOS or iPadOS device to view sensitive user information. The root cause was insufficient access control checks on locked devices. Apple fixed the issue by improving these checks in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires physical access (AV:P), has low attack complexity (AC:L), no privileges required (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N), and impacts confidentiality (C:H) without affecting integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with physical access to a locked device could access sensitive user information, potentially leading to privacy breaches. The vulnerability does not affect system integrity or availability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4. Users and administrators should update affected devices to these versions or later to remediate the issue. No other mitigation or workaround is indicated.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2025-03-22T00:04:43.717Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69091545c28fd46ded7bb5ce
Added to database: 11/03/2025, 20:49:09 UTC
Last enriched: 07/10/2026, 08:02:19 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:50 UTC
Views: 292
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