Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2026 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2026-20637
Medium 6.2
In plain English
A medium-severity use-after-free 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 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7, iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3, macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.3, tvOS 26.3, visionOS 26.3, watchOS 26.3. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126346
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126348
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126351
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126352
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126353
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126793
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126795
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126796