---
id: "CVE-2024-44309"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2024-44309"]
title: "A cookie management issue was addressed with improved state management"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.3
epss: null
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: [{"name": "Apple Multiple Products", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "debian linux", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 11.0", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple safari", "fixed": ["18.1.1"], "affected": "< 18.1.1", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple ipados", "fixed": ["17.7.2"], "affected": "< 17.7.2", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple ipados", "fixed": ["18.1.1"], "affected": ">= 18.0, < 18.1.1", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple iphone os", "fixed": ["17.7.2"], "affected": "< 17.7.2", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple iphone os", "fixed": ["18.1.1"], "affected": ">= 18.0, < 18.1.1", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple macos", "fixed": ["15.1.1"], "affected": ">= 15.0, < 15.1.1", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "apple visionos", "fixed": ["2.1.1"], "affected": "< 2.1.1", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["apple", "exploited", "ios", "macos", "safari", "vendor", "webkit"]
not_affected_if: ["unknown"]
published_at: "2024-11-20T00:15:17+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2024-44309", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44309", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00"}]
---

# A cookie management issue was addressed with improved state management

Apple iOS, macOS and other Apple products mishandle maliciously crafted web content, enabling cross-site scripting. An attacker who gets a user to load that content can run script in the context of a site, which is listed as actively exploited in the wild.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Apple Multiple Products affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:debian linux affected = 11.0 fixed ?
- vendor:apple safari affected < 18.1.1 fixed 18.1.1
- vendor:apple ipados affected < 17.7.2 fixed 17.7.2
- vendor:apple ipados affected >= 18.0, < 18.1.1 fixed 18.1.1
- vendor:apple iphone os affected < 17.7.2 fixed 17.7.2
- vendor:apple iphone os affected >= 18.0, < 18.1.1 fixed 18.1.1
- vendor:apple macos affected >= 15.0, < 15.1.1 fixed 15.1.1
- vendor:apple visionos affected < 2.1.1 fixed 2.1.1

## How to check

Check the installed OS version under Settings > General > About (iOS) or Apple menu > About This Mac (macOS) against Apple's security release notes; the sources do not give a version list.

## Fix

Update iOS, iPadOS, macOS and other Apple devices to the latest release, per the CISA required action to apply vendor mitigations.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2024-44309
- 2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44309

## From the sources

A cookie management issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.1.1, iOS 17.7.2 and iPadOS 17.7.2, iOS 18.1.1 and iPadOS 18.1.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1.1, visionOS 2.1.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited on Intel-based Mac systems.

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