{"id":"CVE-2026-43679","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-43679","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:19:04.623Z","title":"An attacker with physical access to a locked Apple Watch may be able to view user contacts.","description":"This issue was addressed with improved permissions checking. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.4. An attacker with physical access to a locked Apple Watch may be able to view user contacts.","published":"2026-08-21T01:17:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-18T20:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@apple.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":2.4,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-284"],"affected":["apple/watchos"],"epss":{"score":0.00166,"percentile":0.05822,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/126798","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43679","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}