CVE-2025-46292

User-data disclosure via missing entitlement checks

Published Dec 17, 2025 · Updated Dec 17, 2025

Improper access control in Telephony in Apple iOS and iPadOS before 18.7.3 or 26.2 allows local users to read user-sensitive data. The Telephony component fails to perform all required entitlement checks before granting an app access to protected data. Exploitation requires an app to run on an affected iPhone or iPad; Apple has not disclosed the specific Telephony interface or data exposed.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.14%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
Hinoki checkNot available
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Summary

What happened

Improper access control in Telephony in Apple iOS and iPadOS before 18.7.3 or 26.2 allows local users to read user-sensitive data. The Telephony component fails to perform all required entitlement checks before granting an app access to protected data. Exploitation requires an app to run on an affected iPhone or iPad; Apple has not disclosed the specific Telephony interface or data exposed.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-46292
Published
Dec 17, 2025
Updated
Dec 17, 2025
Vendor
Apple
Product
iOS and iPadOS
Classifications
CWE-284, T1005
Attack vector
local
Privileges
Unavailable

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 17, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Dec 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <18.7
  2. Affected versionversion=unspecified <26.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesUnavailable in this record.

What is affected?

Apple · iOS and iPadOSversion=unspecified <18.7; version=unspecified <26.2

Published CVSS scores

5.5CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.5NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
PrivilegesUnavailable
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-284Improper Access Control
T1005Data from Local System

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