Vulnerability · Published May 11, 2026 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2026-28897

Medium 6.2

In plain English

A medium-severity stack 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 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 18.7.90 – before 26.5
Apple macOS 0 – before 14.8.70 – before 15.7.70 – before 26.5
Apple tvOS 0 – before 26.5
Apple visionOS 0 – before 26.5
Apple watchOS 0 – before 26.5

Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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