The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN) has issued warnings to Apple users about multiple vulnerabilities found in iPad, Mac and other models. The consultation comes after government agencies discovered many security flaws in their operating systems that powered Apple tablets, iPhone models and laptops. These vulnerabilities (if exploited) can allow an attacker to access sensitive information from the system.
Consultation on certificate issues related to Apple device vulnerabilities
Cert-In pointed out in a Jan. 28 consultation that multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple products. This can allow an attacker to access sensitive information, execute arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions, lead to denial of service (DOS) conditions, bypass authentication, gain increased privileges, operate data, and perform spoofing attacks on the target system.
CERT-IN’s consultation outlines the affected Apple products – Apple Macos Sequoia versions before 15.3, Macos Sonoma versions before 14.7.3, Macos Ventura versions before 13.7.3, and iPados versions before 17.7.4.
iOS, TVOS and iPados versions were also affected by these vulnerabilities before 18.3, Visionos versions before 2.3, Safari versions before 18.3, and WatchOS versions before 11.3. The vulnerability was rated as “high risk”.
Government agencies pointed out that the identified vulnerabilities originate from invalid pointer removal, type confusing errors, use after free errors, reading external reads, unrestricted writes, processing files, parsing files, input verification, user-sensitive data, etc. Nodal Agency pointed out that one of the reported vulnerabilities CVE-2025-24085 is a critical vulnerability and is being actively exploited. It affects older versions of Apple devices running iOS, iPados, and MacOS.
The consultation recommends that users update their Apple devices to the latest version of the software to mitigate risks. Government consultations will happen a few days after Apple released its latest software update for iPhone, iPad and Mac users.
