CVE-2025-24221: High severity apple iPadOS vulnerability

Published Mar 31, 2025
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Updated

Accessibility. A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction.

Other sources

Accounts. This issue was addressed with improved data access restriction.

— Apple

This issue was addressed with improved data access restriction. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, visionOS 2.4. Sensitive keychain data may be accessible from an iOS backup.

— MITRE

Credit

Lehan Dilusha@@zafer, an anonymous researcher, Uri Katz (Oligo Security), Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Yutong Xiu@@Sou1gh0st, Denis Tokarev@@illusionofcha0s, Kirin@@Pwnrin, CVE-2025-24085, CVE-2024-9681, LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Michael (Biscuit) Thomas - @social.lol@@biscuit, Ian Beer(Google Project Zero), CVE-2025-27113, CVE-2024-56171, Jimmy, Jax Reissner, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, @@RenwaX23, Bing Shi(Alibaba Group), Wenchao Li(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), Luyi Xing(Indiana University Bloomington), Andrew James Gonzalez, Richard Hyunho Im with routezero.security@@richeeta, YingQi Shi@@Mas0nShi(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc, Apple, Paul Bakker(ParagonERP), Gary Kwong, rheza@@ginggilBesel, Francisco Alonso@@revskills, Lukas Bernhard, Tashita Software Security, Xiangwei Zhang(Tencent Security YUNDING LAB), linjy(HKUS3Lab), chluo(WHUSecLab), Brendon Tiszka(Google Project Zero), Dominik Rath, Martin Kreichgauer(Google Chrome), Google Threat Analysis Group, wac(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Andr.Ess, Wang Yu(Cyberserval), CVE-2024-48958, Alex Radocea(Supernetworks), Dave G.(Supernetworks), 风沐云烟@@binary_fmyy, Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo(Microsoft), Alexia Wilson(Microsoft), Christine Fossaceca(Microsoft), Jaydev Ahire, Halle Winkler, Politepix theoffcuts.org, Alexander Heinrich@@Sn0wfreeze, SEEMOO, TU Darmstadt & Mathy Vanhoef@@vanhoefm, Jeroen Robben@@RobbenJeroen, DistriNet, KU Leuven, Vsevolod Kokorin (Slonser)(Solidlab), Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team of ByteDance), Ron Masas(BREAKPOINT), pattern-f@@pattern_F_, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, mzzzz__, Muhammad Zaid Ghifari (Mr.ZheeV), Kalimantan Utara, Alhour@@NSAntoine, Florian Draschbacher, Dalibor Milanovic, Syarif Muhammad Sajjad, Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(C), Chi Yuan Chang(ZUSO ART), taikosoup, Bohdan Stasiuk@@bohdan_stasiuk

Affected Software

8 affected componentsFixes available
apple iPadOS<17.7.6
apple iPadOS>=18.0<18.4
apple iPhone OS<18.4
Apple visionOS<2.4
Apple visionOS<2.4
2.4
apple iOS<18.4
18.4
apple iPadOS<18.4
18.4
apple iPadOS<17.7.6
17.7.6

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 17.7.6
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.4
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.4
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade iOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.4
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.4
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 17.7.6
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade visionOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.4

Event History

Mar 31, 2025
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Affected Software
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:22 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:22 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·11:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2025-24221?

CVE-2025-24221 has been classified as a moderate severity vulnerability due to issues related to data access restriction.

2

How do I fix CVE-2025-24221?

To fix CVE-2025-24221, update your device to the latest version of iOS, iPadOS, or visionOS as specified in the updates.

3

What devices are affected by CVE-2025-24221?

CVE-2025-24221 affects multiple Apple devices running iPadOS versions up to 17.7.6 and versions 18.0 to 18.4, along with certain versions of iOS and visionOS.

4

Is there a known exploit for CVE-2025-24221?

As of now, there are no public reports of exploits leveraging CVE-2025-24221.

5

What types of issues does CVE-2025-24221 address?

CVE-2025-24221 addresses issues related to accessibility logging and data access restrictions that can potentially expose sensitive information.

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