7.5High
Apple Ipados
CVE-2026-28969
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 26.5, tvOS 27, visionOS 26.5, visionOS 27, watchOS 26.5, watchOS 27. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.
What this means for your business
- It affects Apple Ipados. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.4% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 37% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Apple Ipados, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Assigned by
- product-security@apple.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-05-11
- Last modified
- 2026-09-14
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Apple Ipados- 18.7.9, 26.0 - 26.5
- Apple Iphone Os- 18.7.9, 26.0 - 26.5
- Apple Macos14.0 - 14.8.7, 15.0 - 15.7.7, 26.0 - 26.5
- Apple Tvos- 26.5
- Apple Visionos- 26.5
- Apple Watchos- 26.5
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127110
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127111
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127115
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127116
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127117
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127118
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127119
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127120
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149034
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149036
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149037
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149038
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043