Apple iOS and iPadOS Information Disclosure Vulnerability

A vulnerability allowing information disclosure has been identified in iOS and iPadOS. This issue arises from inadequate privacy controls, enabling apps to potentially fingerprint users by accessing data about installed applications. The vulnerability affects iOS and iPadOS versions prior to 26.1, and it is present on iPhone 11 and later models, as well as various iPad Pro, iPad Air, iPad, and iPad mini models.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an app to fingerprint the user by identifying other installed applications.

Remediation

Users can update to iOS 26.1 or iPadOS 26.1 to address this vulnerability.