Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2026-84600

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. A malicious shortcut may be able to send messages without user confirmation.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 27
Apple macOS 0 – before 27
Apple tvOS 0 – before 27
Apple visionOS 0 – before 27
Apple watchOS 0 – before 27

Weakness: CWE-285 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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