Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2026 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2026-28886

Medium 5.9

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 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 48.0% 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 input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7, iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4, tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4, watchOS 26.4. A user in a privileged network position may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 18.7.70 – before 26.4
Apple macOS 0 – before 14.8.50 – before 15.7.50 – before 26.4
Apple tvOS 0 – before 26.4
Apple visionOS 0 – before 26.4
Apple watchOS 0 – before 26.4

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

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