Apple Safari: Private browsing may leak some browsing history
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An information leakage was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.1, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1, visionOS 2.1. Private browsing may leak some browsing history.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | Safari | before 18.1 | 18.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | before 18.1 | 18.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| Apple | macOS | before 15.1 | 15.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| Apple | visionOS | before 2.1 | 2.1 | Patch available | CNA |
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Safari (Apple) Fixed in 18.1
- Fix · CNA iOS and iPadOS (Apple) Fixed in 18.1
- Fix · CNA macOS (Apple) Fixed in 15.1
- Fix · CNA visionOS (Apple) Fixed in 2.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apple visionOS 2.1
20 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 18 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-29818 Link following in Apple iOS and iPadOSPriority MEDIUM 64
- TI-2024-29819 Apple Safari: An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download…Priority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2024-29842 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOSPriority LOW 39
- Release ·
Apple iOS and iPadOS 18.1
13 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 12 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-27246 Apple iOS and iPadOS: A remote attacker may be able to break out of Web Content sandboxPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2024-29842 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOSPriority LOW 39
- TI-2024-29815 Path traversal in Apple iOS and iPadOSPriority LOW 38
Show 2 more groups
- Release ·
Apple macOS 15.1
7 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-29819 Apple Safari: An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download…Priority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2024-29842 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOSPriority LOW 39
- TI-2024-29834 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOSPriority LOW 34
- Release ·
Apple Safari 18.1
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-29819 Apple Safari: An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download…Priority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2024-29852 Apple Safari: Processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security…Priority LOW 26
- TI-2024-29805 Out-of-bounds write in Apple SafariPriority LOW 22
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-44229
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vhxx-ghf5-9626
- 2026-10-13 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Apple Ipados vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-28008 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-22441 Apple iOS and iPadOS: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-22440 Memory corruption in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-17847 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2022-06854 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-44229 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-44229 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vhxx-ghf5-9626 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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