Vulnerability · Published Jul 27, 2026 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2026-28931

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity buffer overflow 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 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6. Connecting to a malicious NFS server may lead to kernel memory corruption.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 26.6
Apple macOS 0 – before 26.6
Apple tvOS 0 – before 26.6
Apple watchOS 0 – before 26.6

Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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