Privacy preferences bypass in Apple Accounts
CVE-2026-28988 is a permissions issue in the Apple Accounts component that affects iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, visionOS 26.5, and watchOS 26.5. Apple states that, prior to the fix, an app may have been able to bypass certain Privacy preferences. The issue was addressed with additional restrictions. No vulnerable function or lower-level implementation detail is provided in the available content.
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A privacy preference bypass vulnerability affecting Accounts.
A permissions issue in macOS Tahoe that may allow an app to bypass certain Privacy preferences.
A permissions issue that could allow an app to bypass certain privacy preferences on affected Apple Watch devices.
A permissions issue that could allow an app to bypass certain privacy preferences.
The version that knows your environment.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.