Vulnerability · Published May 11, 2026 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2026-28918

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds read 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 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. Parsing a maliciously crafted file may lead to an unexpected app termination.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 26.5
Apple macOS 0 – before 26.5
Apple tvOS 0 – before 26.5
Apple visionOS 0 – before 26.5
Apple watchOS 0 – before 26.5

Weakness: CWE-125, CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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