CVE-2025-24095
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThis issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, visionOS 2.4. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis Apple vulnerability allows an application to bypass Privacy preferences through insufficient entitlement checks. The flaw was remediated by implementing additional entitlement validation in iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and visionOS 2.4.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 18.4< 18.4< 2.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify your Apple device typeDetermine whether the device is an iPhone (iOS), iPad (iPadOS), or Apple Vision (visionOS). Check the device model and settings to confirm the platform.Affected if The device runs iOS, iPadOS, or visionOS as the operating system.
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Check the installed iOS or iPadOS versionOn iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > General > About > Version. Note the version number displayed (for example, 18.3.2).Affected if The device is an iPhone or iPad and the version is below 18.4.
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Check the installed visionOS versionOn Apple Vision, go to Settings > General > About > Version. Note the version number displayed (for example, 2.3.1).Affected if The device is an Apple Vision and the version is below 2.4.
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Confirm Privacy preferences are in useReview whether the device has Privacy settings configured, such as Location Services, Camera, Microphone, Contacts, Photos, or other privacy-related permissions for applications.Affected if Privacy preferences are configured on the device, as the vulnerability allows bypassing these settings.
You are affected if your device runs iOS or iPadOS version lower than 18.4, or visionOS version lower than 2.4, and you have Privacy preferences configured on the device.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped2.418.4
Apply the vendor security updates (iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, visionOS 2.4 or later) to all affected devices to remediate the privacy preference bypass.
iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, visionOS 2.4
- Update your iPhone to iOS 18.4 or later via Settings > General > Software Update
- Update your iPad to iPadOS 18.4 or later via Settings > General > Software Update
- Update your Apple Vision Pro to visionOS 2.4 or later via Settings > General > Software Update
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-24095 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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