Apple macOS/iOS/iPadOS up to 26.2 App information disclosure

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS, iOS and iPadOS up to 26.2 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component App. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-20680. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS, iOS and iPadOS up to 26.2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
The issue was addressed with additional restrictions on the observability of app states. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.3, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, iOS 18.7.5 and iPadOS 18.7.5, iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3. A sandboxed app may be able to access sensitive user data.
The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-20680 since 11/11/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/19/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
Upgrading to version 26.3 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 6.5
NVD Vector: 🔒
ADP CISA Base Score: 5.5
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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EPSS Percentile: 🔒
Price Prediction: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: macOS/iOS/iPadOS 26.3
Timeline
11/11/2025 CVE reserved02/12/2026 Advisory disclosed
02/12/2026 VulDB entry created
02/19/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-20680 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-20680
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-345733
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
Entry
Created: 02/12/2026 06:57Updated: 02/19/2026 03:58
Changes: 02/12/2026 06:57 (57), 02/13/2026 10:19 (11), 02/19/2026 03:58 (11)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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