Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-46277

Info Disclosure in Apple Ipados ≤ 26.2

Published
17 December 2025
Modified
02 April 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 3.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0017 7th percentile
Risk Priority 15 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-46277 is a low-severity Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File (CWE-532) vulnerability in Apple Ipados. Its CVSS base score is 3.3 (Low).

Operationally, ranked at the 7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-6 (Least Privilege) and AU-9 (Protection of Audit Information) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, watchOS 26.2. An app may be able to access a user’s Safari history.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

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Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 26.2
apple
iphone os
≤ 26.2
apple
macos
≤ 26.2
apple
watchos
≤ 26.2

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires protection of audit/log information against unauthorized access or disclosure, which would have prevented an app from reading unredacted Safari history.

prevent

Enforces least privilege so that apps receive only the minimum access needed, blocking exposure of sensitive browser history stored in logs.

prevent

Requires cryptographic or other protection of sensitive information at rest, mitigating disclosure of history data present in log files.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prohibit writing sensitive data to logs; eliminating the weakness satisfies only one narrow slice of the control.

PR.PS-04 partial match
prevents

Log generation configuration can and should exclude sensitive data, but the control statement focuses on availability rather than content filtering.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.15 Logging mostly match
prevents

Requiring de-identification and privacy controls before logs leave the organization reduces the chance that sensitive data inadvertently captured in logs becomes exposed to external parties.

mitigates

By defining what records must be kept, where, and for how long, the control discourages the inadvertent inclusion of sensitive information in logs or other externally accessible files that fall outside the formal record system.

mitigates

Mandating deletion of temporary files and logs that may contain sensitive information prevents those artifacts from remaining accessible after the data is no longer needed.

A.8.11 Data masking partial match
mitigates

When log entries are produced from masked data sets, the control prevents the inadvertent insertion of sensitive values into externally accessible log files.

mitigates

DLP inspection of logs and file transfers can detect and block the inadvertent placement of sensitive tokens or credentials into externally accessible log files before they are written or transmitted.

prevents

Requiring restrictions on free-text fields and proper error-message handling stops developers from embedding or leaking sensitive data into logs or diagnostic output.

References