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Hackers Exploit Patched Apple Flaw to Deliver Info-Stealing Malware, CISA Says - The Hacker News

Publisher description: CISA adds Apple CVE-2024-27834 to its KEV catalog after reports of active exploitation involving a pointer authentication bypass.

NewsAPI | Nov 5, 2026 | The Hacker News

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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a medium-severity security flaw impacting multiple Apple operating systems to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation. It was addressed by Apple in May 2024 with improved checks in iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8, iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, tvOS 17.5, watchOS 10.5, and Safari 17.5. The zero-click exploit chain combines CVE-2025-43529, a remote code execution flaw in WebKit, and CVE-2025-43529, the pointer authentication codes (PACs) bypass, to execute a JavaScript payload designed for browser cookie theft.

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