CVE-2024-44269: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. A malicious app may use shortcuts to access restricted files.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 17.7.1 (fixed in 17.7.1); from 18.0, before 18.1 (fixed in 18.1)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 17.7.1 (fixed in 17.7.1); from 18.0, before 18.1 (fixed in 18.1)
• Apple macOS: before 13.7.1 (fixed in 13.7.1); from 14.0, before 14.7.1 (fixed in 14.7.1)
• Apple visionOS: before 2.1 (fixed in 2.1)
• Apple watchOS: before 11.1 (fixed in 11.1)

Published 2024-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.