---
id: "CVE-2026-84493"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-84493"]
title: "Apple iOS and iPadOS: malicious app can access Bluetooth without consent"
severity: "unknown"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["apple-devices", "infrastructure", "ios", "ipados", "mobile"]
not_affected_if: ["already-updated-devices"]
published_at: "2026-10-26T21:19:58+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T21:55:21+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:57:21+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84493", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T21:55:21+00:00"}]
---

# Apple iOS and iPadOS: malicious app can access Bluetooth without consent

An authentication state-management flaw in iOS and iPadOS lets a malicious app access Bluetooth without the user's consent. The sources do not describe further impact beyond Bluetooth access.

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

## How to check

- Check the device version in Settings > General > About; the sources name iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, and iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, as the fixed releases.
- unknown for any other check; the sources do not say.

## Fix

- Update iOS and iPadOS to `26.7.2` or later on the 26.x line, or to `27.2` or later on the 27.x line.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T21:55:21+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84493

## From the sources

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2. A malicious app may be able to access Bluetooth without user consent.

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