Vulnerability · Published May 11, 2026 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2026-28994

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity use-after-free 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 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. 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, watchOS 26.5. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to perform denial-of-service attack using crafted Wi-Fi packets.

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 watchOS 0 – before 26.5

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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