CVE-2021-30867: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved authentication. This issue is fixed in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. A malicious application may be able to access photo metadata without needing permission to access photos.

Affected products

  • Apple iPadOS: before 15.0 (fixed in 15.0)
  • Apple iPhone OS: before 15.0 (fixed in 15.0)
  • Apple macOS: before 12.0.1 (fixed in 12.0.1)

Published 2021-08-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.