Private-browsing tracking via state mismanagement
Published Mar 31, 2025 · Updated Jun 23, 2026
Improper access control in Apple Safari before 18.4 allows remote attackers to track users in private browsing via malicious websites. The WebKit private-browsing component mishandles internal state; Apple has not disclosed the affected transition or tracking primitive. The same flaw affects iOS and iPadOS before 18.4, iPadOS before 17.7.6, macOS before 15.4, tvOS before 18.4, and watchOS before 11.4, and exploitation requires a user to visit attacker-controlled web content.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in Apple Safari before 18.4 allows remote attackers to track users in private browsing via malicious websites. The WebKit private-browsing component mishandles internal state; Apple has not disclosed the affected transition or tracking primitive. The same flaw affects iOS and iPadOS before 18.4, iPadOS before 17.7.6, macOS before 15.4, tvOS before 18.4, and watchOS before 11.4, and exploitation requires a user to visit attacker-controlled web content.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-30425
- Published
- Mar 31, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 23, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- CWE-284
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 31, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <18.4
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