Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2026-84598

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal 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)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A path traversal issue was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. An attacker with physical access to a trust-paired device may be able to read and write arbitrary files.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 26.70 – before 27

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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