CVE-2025-24090

Installed-app enumeration via insufficient Icons restrictions

Published Jan 16, 2026 · Updated Jan 16, 2026

Improper access control in Icons in Apple iOS and iPadOS before 18.3 allows local users to enumerate a device user's installed apps. The Icons component exposes the installed-app list to an app because its permission checks impose insufficient restrictions; Apple has not disclosed the affected API or code path. Execution of an app on the device is required, and the reported consequence is limited to disclosure of installed-app inventory.

CVSS severity3.3
Low
EPSS probability0.14%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper access control in Icons in Apple iOS and iPadOS before 18.3 allows local users to enumerate a device user's installed apps. The Icons component exposes the installed-app list to an app because its permission checks impose insufficient restrictions; Apple has not disclosed the affected API or code path. Execution of an app on the device is required, and the reported consequence is limited to disclosure of installed-app inventory.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-24090
Published
Jan 16, 2026
Updated
Jan 16, 2026
Vendor
Apple
Product
iOS and iPadOS
Classifications
CWE-200, CWE-284, T1418
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <18.3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Apple · iOS and iPadOSversion=unspecified <18.3

Published CVSS scores

3.3CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-284Improper Access Control
T1418Software Discovery

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