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Posted on 13 December 2025
Apple Security-announceAPPLE-SA-12-12-2025-7 watchOS 26.2
watchOS 26.2 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/125890.
Apple maintains a Security Releases page at
https://support.apple.com/100100 which lists recent
software updates with security advisories.
App Store
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive payment tokens
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional
restrictions.
CVE-2025-46288: floeki, Zhongcheng Li from IES Red Team of ByteDance
AppleJPEG
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing a file may lead to memory corruption
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2025-43539: Michael Reeves (@IntegralPilot)
Calling Framework
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An attacker may be able to spoof their FaceTime caller ID
Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with
improved state management.
CVE-2025-46287: an anonymous researcher, Riley Walz
curl
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Multiple issues in curl
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple
Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a
third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2024-7264
CVE-2025-9086
Foundation
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to inappropriately access files through the
spellcheck API
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-43518: Noah Gregory (wts.dev)
Foundation
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing malicious data may lead to unexpected app termination
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2025-43532: Andrew Calvano and Lucas Pinheiro of Meta Product
Security
Icons
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to identify what other apps a user has
installed
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional
restrictions.
CVE-2025-46279: Duy Tr=E1=BA=A7n (@khanhduytran0)
Kernel
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An integer overflow was addressed by adopting 64-bit
timestamps.
CVE-2025-46285: Kaitao Xie and Xiaolong Bai of Alibaba Group
Messages
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved
privacy controls.
CVE-2025-46276: Rosyna Keller of Totally Not Malicious Software
Multi-Touch
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: A malicious HID device may cause an unexpected process crash
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with
improved input validation.
CVE-2025-43533: Google Threat Analysis Group
Screen Time
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access a user=E2=80=99s Safari history
Description: A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction.
CVE-2025-46277: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Screen Time
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction.
CVE-2025-43538: Iv=C3=A1n Savransky
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 301940
CVE-2025-43531: Phil Pizlo of Epic Games
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary
code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been
exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted
individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 26. CVE-2025-14174 was also
issued in response to this report.
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 302502
CVE-2025-43529: Google Threat Analysis Group
WebKit
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory
corruption. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been
exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted
individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 26. CVE-2025-43529 was also
issued in response to this report.
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 303614
CVE-2025-14174: Apple and Google Threat Analysis Group
WebKit Web Inspector
Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 300926
CVE-2025-43511: =EC=9D=B4=EB=8F=99=ED=95=98 (Lee Dong Ha of BoB 14th)
Additional recognition
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their
assistance.
AppSandbox
We would like to acknowledge Mickey Jin (@patch1t) for their assistance.
Core Services
We would like to acknowledge Golden Helm Securities for their
assistance.
Safari
We would like to acknowledge Mochammad Nosa Shandy Prastyo for their
assistance.
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge Geva Nurgandi Syahputra (gevakun) for their
assistance.
Instructions on how to update your Apple Watch software are
available at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204641
To check the version on your Apple Watch, open the Apple Watch app
on your iPhone and select "My Watch > General > About".
Alternatively, on your watch, select "My Watch > General > About".
All information is also posted on the Apple Security Releases
web site: https://support.apple.com/100100.
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