Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2026-86870

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity heap 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 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A heap buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 26.70 – before 27
Apple macOS 0 – before 27
Apple visionOS 0 – before 27
Apple watchOS 0 – before 27

Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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