CVE-2024-44246 Information disclosure in Safari
Enabling Private Relay and adding sites to Reading List may leak the user's originating IP address to the website.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-44246?
CVE-2024-44246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 11 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The issue was addressed with improved routing of Safari-originated requests. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.2, iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, iPadOS 17.7.3, macOS Sequoia 15.2. On a device with Private Relay enabled, adding a website to the Safari Reading List may reveal the originating IP address to the website.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44246?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Macos, Apple Safari.
How do I fix CVE-2024-44246?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-44246 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-44246 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44246 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Ipados
- CVE-2025-43300 Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24201 Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24085 Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free
- CVE-2025-31200 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption
- CVE-2025-31201 Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c9mr-7r2v-xjc9.