CVE-2025-46286: Medium severity Apple iOS vulnerability

Published Dec 12, 2025
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Updated

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2. Restoring from a backup may prevent passcode from being required immediately after Face ID enrollment.

Other sources

App Store. A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

— Apple

AppleJPEG. The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.

— Apple

BiometricKit. A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.

— Apple

Credit

floeki(IES Red Team of ByteDance), Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team of ByteDance), Michael Reeves@@IntegralPilot, Andrei Simion, piffz, Daniel Nurkin, Al Sadman Awal, Mohamed Hamdadou & Mahran Alhazmi, Hichem Maloufi, Christian Mina, Gerson Aldaz, qwerty j0y & Ricardo Garcia, Dorian Del Valle, an anonymous researcher, Riley Walz, CVE-2024-7264, CVE-2025-9086, Yiğit Ocak, Noah Gregory (wts.dev), Andrew Calvano(Meta Product Security), Lucas Pinheiro(Meta Product Security), Duy Trần@@khanhduytran0, iG0x72(XiguaSec), JJ(XiguaSec), Lehan Dilusha Jayasinghe, Kaitao Xie(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), CVE-2025-5918, Sumanth Rao(UC San Diego), Ye Shu(UC San Diego), Stefan Savage(UC San Diego), Aaron Schulman(UC San Diego), Geoffrey M. Voelker(UC San Diego), Enze Liu (Carnegie Mellon University), Rosyna Keller(Totally Not Malicious Software), Google Threat Analysis Group, an anonymous researcher(Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt), Michael Schmutzer(Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt), Kirin@@Pwnrin, Iván Savransky, Bing Shi(Alibaba Group), Wenchao Li(Alibaba Group), (Indiana University Bloomington), Luyi Xing(Indiana University Bloomington), Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Nan Wang@@eternalsakura13, Google Big Sleep, Phil Pizlo(Epic Games), Apple, 이동하 (Lee Dong Ha(BoB 14th)

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
Apple iOS<26.2
Apple iPadOS<26.2
Apple iOS<26.2
26.2
Apple iPadOS<26.2
26.2
Apple iPadOS<26.2
Apple iPhone OS<26.2

Event History

Dec 12, 2025
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Jan 9, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:14 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:14 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·10:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2025-46286?

CVE-2025-46286 has been categorized as a moderate severity vulnerability affecting iOS and iPadOS.

2

How do I fix CVE-2025-46286?

To mitigate CVE-2025-46286, users should update their devices to iOS 26.2 or iPadOS 26.2.

3

What devices are affected by CVE-2025-46286?

CVE-2025-46286 affects Apple devices running iOS and iPadOS versions prior to 26.2.

4

What type of issue is described in CVE-2025-46286?

CVE-2025-46286 describes a logic issue that was addressed with improved validation.

5

What is the impact of not resolving CVE-2025-46286?

Not resolving CVE-2025-46286 may lead to potential security risks related to Face ID enrollment and device access.

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