What is CVE-2024-44202?

CVE-2024-44202 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple iOS And Ipados, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-44202?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Apple iOS And Ipados

CVE-2024-44202

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 18, iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. Private Browsing tabs may be accessed without authentication.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2024-09-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

support.apple.com/en-us/121241
support.apple.com/en-us/121250 (Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-44202?: CVE-2024-44202 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple iOS And Ipados, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-44202?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.