A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26, visionOS 26, watchOS 26. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125108 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125112 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125115 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125116 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · appleNVD modified 2026-10-18 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 5
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 11
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125108 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125112 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125115 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125116 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/54
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/55
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/57
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/58