CVE-2026-43679

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Assigned by CNA: apple

Published 2026-08-21 · Modified 2026-08-21

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

This issue was addressed with improved permissions checking. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.4. An attacker with physical access to a locked Apple Watch may be able to view user contacts.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126798

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.