{"id":12647,"date":"2020-03-26T15:42:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T22:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=12647"},"modified":"2024-01-25T10:33:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T18:33:17","slug":"unpatched-bug-in-ios-13-3-1-and-later-stops-vpns-from-encrypting-all-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/unpatched-bug-in-ios-13-3-1-and-later-stops-vpns-from-encrypting-all-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpatched bug in iOS 13.3.1 and later stops VPNs from encrypting all connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An ongoing security vulnerability in iPhones and iPads is keeping VPN applications from doing their job. For iOS versions 13.3.1 and later, this bug remains unpatched and has been rated with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.first.org\/cvss\/calculator\/3.1#CVSS:3.1\/AV:N\/AC:L\/PR:N\/UI:N\/S:U\/C:L\/I:N\/A:N\/RL:W\/RC:C\/CR:M\/IR:L\/AR:L\/MAV:N\/MAC:L\/MPR:N\/MUI:N\/MC:L\/MI:N\/MA:N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5.3 CVSS v3.1 base score<\/a>. When a VPN connection is initiated on iOS, all existing internet connections by the operating system and other applications are supposed to be terminated and then restarted inside the VPN app\u2019s encrypted tunnel as a proxy so no third parties are able to see your IP address. The VPN bypass bug in iOS 13.3.1 and later causes some internet connections to continue with their original, unencrypted connection \u2013 which is a security and privacy concern. This means that people on the same network could snoop on the unencrypted data stream and the endpoint of the unprotected connections are still able to see your device\u2019s IP address.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cVPN bypass\u201d bug was first disclosed by ProtonVPN on March 25th and first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/unpatched-ios-bug-blocks-vpns-from-encrypting-all-traffic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bleeping Computer<\/a>. The bug was first revealed to ProtonVPN last year by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.habitoscibersaludables.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">security consultant<\/a> in their community, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cibersaludables\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis<\/a>. Proton disclosed the bug to make all VPN users and other VPN providers aware of the ongoing privacy issue on iOS. This iOS \u201cVPN bypass\u201d vulnerability has been acknowledged by Apple but they have yet to announce when a fix would be incoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ongoing security vulnerability in iPhones and iPads is keeping VPN applications from doing their job. For iOS versions 13.3.1 and later, this bug remains unpatched and has been rated with a 5.3 CVSS v3.1 base score. 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