CVE-2024-54542
An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.2, iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, macOS Sequoia 15.2, watchOS 11.2. Private Browsing tabs may be accessed without authentication.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.1 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862
- EPSS score
- 0.7% (52th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2024-52636)
- Published
- January 27, 2025
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2024-52636 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on June 3, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / ipados
- apple / iphone os
- apple / macos
- apple / safari
- apple / watchos
Certified products that may be affected
33 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Apple macOS 15 Sequoia - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11648-2026 - active
- Apple macOS 14 Sonoma - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11584-2025 - active
- Apple iOS 18: iPhone - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11623-2025 - active
- Apple iPadOS 18: iPad - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11624-2025 - active
- Apple iPadOS 17: iPad - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11447-2025 - active
See all 33 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121837(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121839(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121843(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/121846(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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