CVE-2026-84598: An attacker with physical access to a trust-paired device may be able to read and write arbitrary files in Apple iOS and iPadOS
A path traversal issue was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. An attacker with physical access to a trust-paired device may be able to read and write arbitrary files.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a path traversal flaw in Apple iOS and iPadOS that could allow an attacker with physical access to a trust-paired device to read and write arbitrary files on the device. The flaw was mitigated by improving path validation checks. The issue is resolved in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, as well as iOS 27 and iPadOS 27.
Potential Impact
An attacker with physical access to a trust-paired device may exploit this vulnerability to read and write arbitrary files, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or modification on the affected device.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, as well as iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. Users and administrators should update affected devices to these versions or later to remediate the issue.
CVE-2026-84598: An attacker with physical access to a trust-paired device may be able to read and write arbitrary files in Apple iOS and iPadOS
Description
A path traversal issue was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. An attacker with physical access to a trust-paired device may be able to read and write arbitrary files.
Affected software
Apple
iOS and iPadOS
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a path traversal flaw in Apple iOS and iPadOS that could allow an attacker with physical access to a trust-paired device to read and write arbitrary files on the device. The flaw was mitigated by improving path validation checks. The issue is resolved in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, as well as iOS 27 and iPadOS 27.
Potential Impact
An attacker with physical access to a trust-paired device may exploit this vulnerability to read and write arbitrary files, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or modification on the affected device.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, as well as iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. Users and administrators should update affected devices to these versions or later to remediate the issue.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-01T21:13:17.759Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aa8610f55bf5e2cf59d2ce1
Added to database: 09/14/2026, 21:03:11 UTC
Last enriched: 09/14/2026, 22:02:02 UTC
Last updated: 09/15/2026, 05:01:23 UTC
Views: 5
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