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IP address tracking issue in Apple Networking

IdentifiersCVE-2026-28906CWE-359· Exposure of Private Personal…

CVE-2026-28906 is a privacy flaw in Apple Networking caused by improper state management. Apple states that the issue could allow an attacker to track users through their IP address. The vulnerability affected multiple Apple platforms, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS, and was remediated through improved state management. The available content does not identify the specific vulnerable function or protocol path.

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ANALYST BRIEF

Impact, mitigation & remediation

What it means. What to do now. Patch path, mitigations, and the assume-compromise checklist.

Impact

What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.

Successful exploitation may expose a user’s IP address in circumstances where the platform was expected to preserve network privacy, enabling user tracking and correlation of activity across sessions or services. The disclosed impact is privacy loss rather than code execution or privilege escalation.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure by routing traffic through privacy-preserving network intermediaries such as trusted VPN or relay services where operationally appropriate, and limit use of affected devices for activities where IP-address privacy is required. However, the content does not provide an Apple-endorsed workaround; patching is the primary mitigation.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Apply the vendor fixes in the affected Apple operating systems. Apple states the issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, and visionOS 26.5.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

Exploits

No public exploits tracked yet. Mallory keeps watching.

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No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.

EXPOSURE SURFACE

Affected products & vendors

Products and vendors Mallory has correlated with this vulnerability. Open in Mallory to drill down to specific CPE configurations and version ranges.

VendorProductType
AppleIosoperating_system
AppleIpadosoperating_system
AppleIphone Osoperating_system
AppleMacosoperating_system
AppleVisionosoperating_system

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Exposure mapping

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Threat actor evidence

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Associated malware

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Detection signatures

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Vendor-by-vendor mapping

Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.

Social activity6

Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.