CVE-2026-28896

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 7.7
EPSS: EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 8 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-07-27
Updated: 2026-08-21
Assigner: apple
NVD status: Modified

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.4, tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4, watchOS 26.4. An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H	CISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H	NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-49541
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-28896

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-0938 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Apple · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0 < 14.8.8
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.0 < 15.7.8

Affected products

Product	Versions
Apple · iOS and iPadOS	affected 0 < 26.4
Apple · macOS	affected 0 < 14.8.8 ; affected 0 < 15.7.8 ; affected 0 < 26.4
Apple · tvOS	affected 0 < 26.4
Apple · visionOS	affected 0 < 26.4
Apple · watchOS	affected 0 < 26.4

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD