CVE-2026-28969

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.04 BB Relevance: 75/100
Published: 2026-05-11 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: None
A: None

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, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 26.5, tvOS 27, visionOS 26.5, visionOS 27, watchOS 26.5, watchOS 27. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (10)

VendorProductVersion
apple ipados < 18.7.9
apple ipados 26.0 – 26.5
apple iphone_os < 18.7.9
apple iphone_os 26.0 – 26.5
apple macos 14.0 – 14.8.7
apple macos 15.0 – 15.7.7
apple macos 26.0 – 26.5
apple tvos < 26.5
apple visionos < 26.5
apple watchos < 26.5

Bug Bounty Relevance

75 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.53%
Raw Score 0.005300
Percentile 44.7%
Date 2026-10-28

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →