Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2026 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2026-112566

Medium 4.6

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2. An attacker in physical proximity may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 26.7.20 – before 27.2
Apple macOS 0 – before 26.7.20 – before 27.2
Apple tvOS 0 – before 27.2
Apple visionOS 0 – before 27.2
Apple watchOS 0 – before 27.2

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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