CVE-2024-44273: Apple iPadOS

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

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, tvOS 18.1, visionOS 2.1, watchOS 11.1. A malicious app may be able to access private information.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 18.1 (fixed in 18.1)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 18.1 (fixed in 18.1)
• Apple macOS: before 14.7.1 (fixed in 14.7.1)
• Apple tvOS: before 18.1 (fixed in 18.1)
• 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.