# CVE-2021-30898: Information disclosure in iOS and iPadOS

> A malicious application can access user Apple ID information and recent search terms due to insufficient sandbox restrictions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Aug 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2021-30898?

CVE-2021-30898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 24 Aug 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions on third party applications. This issue is fixed in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. A malicious application may be able to access some of the user's Apple ID information, or recent in-app search terms.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-30898?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-30898?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-30898 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-30898 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-30898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apple Ipados

- [CVE-2025-43300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43300/): Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-24201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24201/): Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-24085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24085/): Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-31200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31200/): Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-31201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31201/): Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-30898 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-30898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 24 Aug 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-30898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apple Ipados. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30898/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30898/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-30898
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30898
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-30898

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30898/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.