CVE-2026-28882: An app may be able to enumerate a user's installed apps in Apple iOS and iPadOS
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, macOS Tahoe 26.4, tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4, watchOS 26.4. An app may be able to enumerate a user's installed apps.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability allows an app on Apple iOS and iPadOS to enumerate the list of installed applications on a user's device. Apple has fixed this issue by implementing improved checks in iOS 18.7.9, iPadOS 18.7.9, and other related OS versions. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) indicates that the attack requires local access, has low complexity, no privileges or user interaction needed, and impacts only confidentiality. No known exploits have been reported.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access to the device could potentially gather information about installed applications, which may reveal user behavior or installed software but does not affect system integrity or availability. The confidentiality impact is limited, and no known exploitation in the wild has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official fixes in iOS 18.7.9, iPadOS 18.7.9, and related OS versions. Users and administrators should update affected devices to these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, patching the device OS is required. No additional mitigation is indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-28882: An app may be able to enumerate a user's installed apps in Apple iOS and iPadOS
Description
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, macOS Tahoe 26.4, tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4, watchOS 26.4. An app may be able to enumerate a user's installed apps.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.0medium
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability allows an app on Apple iOS and iPadOS to enumerate the list of installed applications on a user's device. Apple has fixed this issue by implementing improved checks in iOS 18.7.9, iPadOS 18.7.9, and other related OS versions. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) indicates that the attack requires local access, has low complexity, no privileges or user interaction needed, and impacts only confidentiality. No known exploits have been reported.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access to the device could potentially gather information about installed applications, which may reveal user behavior or installed software but does not affect system integrity or availability. The confidentiality impact is limited, and no known exploitation in the wild has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official fixes in iOS 18.7.9, iPadOS 18.7.9, and related OS versions. Users and administrators should update affected devices to these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, patching the device OS is required. No additional mitigation is indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-03T16:36:03.975Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69c333e3f4197a8e3baaed3e
Added to database: 03/25/2026, 01:01:23 UTC
Last enriched: 05/12/2026, 05:25:30 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 224
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