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CVE-2026-20655 is an authorization issue in Apple Live Captions that was addressed through improved state management. On affected Apple devices, an attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information. Apple indicates the issue is fixed in iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3, as well as iOS 18.7.5 and iPadOS 18.7.5. The available advisory text consistently associates this CVE with Live Captions and a lock-screen/locked-device information exposure scenario.
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Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
6 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A medium-severity Mail logic flaw that can bypass the remote-content privacy setting and expose users to tracking via mail previews.
Physical-access issue allowing viewing of sensitive info on locked device via Live Captions.
Sandbox restriction bypass via Shortcuts, leveraging race condition/symlink handling; fixed with improved symlink handling.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.