---
id: "CVE-2026-84614"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-84614"]
title: "Apple iOS and iPadOS: lock screen exposes contacts to someone with physical access"
severity: "low"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["apple-devices", "ios", "ipados", "other"]
not_affected_if: ["physical-access-controlled"]
published_at: "2026-10-26T21:20:17+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T21:55:21+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:57:05+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84614", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T21:55:21+00:00"}]
---

# Apple iOS and iPadOS: lock screen exposes contacts to someone with physical access

Apple's iOS and iPadOS have a logic flaw that lets a person with physical access read contacts from the lock screen. The fix is in iOS 26.7.2, iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27.

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

## How to check

- Check the device version under Settings > General > About; the sources do not give a command.
- unknown for any other check

## Fix

- Update iOS and iPadOS to `26.7.2` or later, or to iOS 27 and iPadOS 27.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T21:55:21+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84614

## From the sources

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. An attacker with physical access may be able to access contacts from the lock screen.

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