Critical · published September 16, 2025
🚨 A logic flaw in the state management can turn a secure UDP server socket into an open door for anyone! 🔥 Think of it like a hotel with rooms meant to only allow guests with keycards, but someone forgot to lock the back entrance — suddenly, anyone can stroll in uninvited! This is absolutely devastating! An attacker exploiting this could gain unauthorized access to network services and data, compromising the security of entire systems. If left unfixed, it could expose sensitive information and allow for malicious activity across your network.
Think of it like a hotel with rooms meant to only allow guests with keycards, but someone forgot to lock the back entrance — suddenly, anyone can stroll in uninvited! This vulnerability arises because a UDP server socket, intended to be bound to a local interface, incorrectly binds to all interfaces due to a logic issue in state management. This means any service listening could unintentionally receive packets from any source, creating a wide attack surface.
This is absolutely devastating! An attacker exploiting this could gain unauthorized access to network services and data, compromising the security of entire systems. If left unfixed, it could expose sensitive information and allow for malicious activity across your network. Update your devices immediately to iOS 18.7 or iPadOS 18.7, macOS Sequoia 15.7 or Sonoma 14.8, and the latest versions of tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS. Ensure that you maintain up-to-date patching across all devices to eliminate this risk! You’ve got this! Follow these steps and you’ll have your systems secured in no time. 🛡️
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| apple/ipados | < 18.7 | 18.7 |
| apple/iphone_os | < 18.7 | 18.7 |
| apple/macos | ≥ 14.0, < 14.8 | 14.8 |
| apple/macos | ≥ 15.0, < 15.7 | 15.7 |
| apple/tvos | < 26.0 | 26.0 |
| apple/visionos | < 26.0 | 26.0 |
| apple/watchos | < 26.0 | 26.0 |