CVE-2026-28969: Buffer Overflow

Published May 11, 2026
·
Updated

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.

Other sources

Accelerate Framework. An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

— Apple

Accelerate. An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

— Apple

Accessibility. A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of user preferences.

— Apple

Accessibility. This issue was addressed through improved state management.

— Apple

Accessibility. This issue was addressed with improved data protection.

— Apple

Credit

Dave G., Aswin Kumar Gokula Kannan, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Iru), Suresh Sundaram, Jiri Ha, Arni Hardarson, wdszzml, Atuin Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine, Johnny Franks@@zeroxjf, Google Threat Analysis Group, Mihalis Haatainen, Ari Hawking, Ashish Kunwar, Vaagn Vardanian, Nathaniel Oh@@calysteon, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Robert Tran(STAR Labs SG Pte), popku1337(STAR Labs SG Pte), Billy Jheng Bing Jhong(STAR Labs SG Pte), Pan Zhenpeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Aswin kumar Gokulakannan, Calif.io in collaboration with Claude, Anthropic Research, beist, Ryan Hileman via Xint Code (xint.io), Tristan Madani@@TristanInSec(Talence Security), Chris Betz, Dhiyanesh Selvaraj@@redroot97, Atul R V, Anton Pakhunov, Ricardo Prado, Ian van der Wurff (ian.nl), Ilya Sc. Jowell A., Morris Richman@@morrisinlife, Andrei Dodu, Peter Malone, Doron Assness, Alex Radocea, Amy (amys.website), YingQi Shi@@Mas0nShi(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg(Nosebeard Labs), an anonymous researcher, Wang Yu, Brendon Tiszka(Google Project Zero), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Peter Malone(Supernetworks), Dave G.(Supernetworks), Alex Radocea(Supernetworks), Andy Koo@@andykoo(Hexens), Arash Ale Ebrahim(SCy), Vamshi Paili, Tony Gorez for Reverse Society@@tonygo_, CVE-2026-1837, impost0r (ret2plt), Nicholas Soh, David Ige(Beryllium Security), Alan Wang, Ailsa Sun, Christopher W. Fletcher, Hovav Shacham, David Kohlbrenner, Riccardo Paccagnella, Niels Hofmans(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Anonymous(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Gandalf4a(PKU), Johnny Franks@@0xjohnny, Richard Zana, Somair Ansar, Robert Tran, Chris Betz(Talence Security), Ruslan Dautov, Zhongcheng Li (CK01), Omar Cerrito, Asaf Cohen, Jorge Welch, Adriatik Raci, Cantina, Luke Francis, kwak kiyong / kakaogames, Vitaly Simonovich, Adel Bouachraoui, greenbynox, Do Young Park, Artem Dinaburg(Trail of Bits via Anthropic CVD), Yuhao Hu, Yuanming Lai, Chenggang Wu, Zhe Wang, Idan Masas(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), DARKNAVY@@DarkNavyOrg(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Daniel Rhea, Luka Rački, wac(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Kookhwan Lee(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Mateusz Krzywicki (iVerify.io), Maher Azzouzi, Aisle offensive security research team (Joshua Rogers(Calif), Luigino Camastra(Calif), Igor Morgenstern(Calif), (Calif), Guido Vranken)(Calif), Maher Azzouzi(Calif), Ngan Nguyen(Calif), dr3dd, Milad Nasr, Nicholas Carlini with Claude, Anthropic, Khiem Tran, lebr0nli(National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Security, Systems Lab, Kenneth Hsu(Palo Alto Networks), Jérôme DJOUDER, Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(Safran Mumbai India), Seiji Sakurai@@HeapSmasher, Rosyna Keller(Totally Not Malicious Software), Alvin Aries Tapia, XiguaSec, Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(RTU MIREA), Ilias Morad (A2nkF)(Voynich Group), Duy Trần@@khanhduytran0, @@hugeBlack, Guy Dor, Kun Peeks@@SwayZGl1tZyyy, Surya Kushwaha, Matej Moravec@@MacejkoMoravec, CVE-2025-14017, CVE-2025-14819, Prathamesh Walunj@@attahasa, Dan Raviv, Surya Kushwaha(Supernetworks), Robert Tran(Supernetworks), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), David Ige - Beryllium Security, Gia Bui@@yabeow(Calif), w0wbox, Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team), Jorge Welch@@jorgwelch, Mustafa Calap@@ordinal0, dbg.re), Meta Red Team X - Nik Tsytsarkin, Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), CVE-2026-65414, Stanislav Jelezoglo, Heiner Gerdes, Siyeong kim, Stuart Wallace, ret2happy, Meta Product Security, stratan@@5tratan, Rahul Raj, N.M.Praveen Nawarathne@@zblockrat, James Gill @infosec.exchange)@@jjtech, Junyeong Lee (jylab.github.io), Merrick Hare, Aditya Kumar, John Nzyuko Uvyu, Narendra Singh@@_3P1C, Nik Tsytsarkin, Bruce Dang(Calif), Tommy DeVoss@@thedawgyg(Braze Security Team), Jiyong Yang, Vishal Patidar, Roman Zabicki, Justin O'Leary, Geonha Lee@@leegn4a, Mateusz Jurczyk(Google Project Zero), Varik Matevosyan, 이재영, Chris Bailey - Short Circuit, David Strnadel, hxr1, Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence, genter0(Calif), Svetoslav Stolarov & Aisa Fox(Calif), Josh Maine(Calif), Dun, Drinor Selmanaj (Sentry), Surya Narayan Kushwaha, Bhaswanth Chigurupati, Hiroki Imai (LAC Co., Ltd.), R4mbb(KRsecurity), Vladislav Shevchenko (Positive Technologies), Fábio Luís@@scanpt(STAR Labs SG Pte), Richard Zana(STAR Labs SG Pte), Ashish Kunwar(Positive Technologies), Mikhail Lozhnikov(Positive Technologies), Bhaswanth Chigurupati(STAR Labs SG Pte), Myeonghun Pak, Alan Banderas@@creeper4004, Claudio Bozzato(Cisco Talos), Francesco Benvenuto(Cisco Talos), Sindre Sorhus(IES Red Team), Hoffcona(IES Red Team), Hongsik Kim (mnur), John Lussier, Filip Olszak, Owen Pawling@@owenpawling, Gongyu Ma (twitter@@Mezone0, YingMuo@@YingMuo(DEVCORE Research Team), Sindre Sorhus, Zeyang Li&Yuxiang Wang(Chongqing Telecom), Souta Sugiyama, Henock Habte, Viggo Lekdorf, Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), 杉山 壮太, Shubham Chaskar, Dung Do@@_piers2(Calif), Mohit Negi, Myungyong Lee, Kwak Kiyong@@Pwnkai23, Song Nuri, Jian Lee@@speedyfriend433, Stuart Wallace(Totally Not Malicious Software), Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(Totally Not Malicious Software), CJ Vana, Daniel Febrero, Gongyu Ma@@Mezone0, Cem Onat Karagun, Prashan Samarathunge, Rishabh Jain (rjcyber)(cyberplanet), Pasquale Scola, Dawuge(Shuffle Team), Pavan Nallamothu, f00l@@PPPF00L, 3ndy1@@_3ndy1, Minghao Lin@@Y1nkoc, 云散花折, Arjanit Isufi, Kitten Food, Issa Sancho, Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(Positive Technologies), Constantin Clerc(Calif), Shad J(Calif), huami1314@@huamidev(Calif), Huy Nguyen@@34306(Calif), Dem0ns (@天府简易信工作室), Abdelhak Kherroubi, Jasminder Pal Singh, Lehan Dilusha Jayasingha (Sri Lanka), tamdao, Alexandre Borges, Ilya Andr (andrd3v), Tuan D. Hoang, Hazem Issa, Yongdae Kim @ KAIST SysSec Lab, Yongdae Kim @ SysSec, KAIST, Sindre Sorhus(Positive Technologies), AL Najafi, flower xu, PETOWORKS의 Bugeun Choi@@Bugeun, Daisuke Hatakeyama, Ryohei Ueki Research)@@SYZD, Hyunwoo Kim@@v4bel, Geoffrey Lovelace, Luke Symons, Bernhard Jackiewicz, Tristan Brennan, Matthew Zamat, Rodolphe Brunetti@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Drin Raci(sentry), Bálint Magyar (balintmagyar.com), Meshaal@@unrealmesh, Abodi Dawoud, Armend Gashi, Ujjwal Reddy Kalvolu Sreenivasa Reddy, Johan Wahyudi, Lehan Dilusha Jayasingha, Jérôme Djouder, Seung Je Seong(Positive Technologies), Jakob Pammer, Bedran Karakoc(Ruhr University Bochum), Tobias Funke(Ruhr University Bochum), Jacopo Clark(Ruhr University Bochum), Katharina Kohls(Ruhr University Bochum), Tomi Garcia (archyxsec), Niels Hofmans, OGINOME Tomohito, Yusuf Kelany, Arni Hardarson (Neonix Security)(Appknox), Vinay Kumar Rasala (Xplo8E)(Appknox), Nick Cook, Sentry Flag, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, D4rthL, Ahmed Alwardani, Mohamad Dawoud / Abodi Dawoud, Mr.Gedik@@h4ck2s3c, Mr.Gedik@@h4ck2s3c(Turkish Technology), Oren Yomtov, Sanny Mitra(Cystack), Sihyun Roh (Compsec(Cystack), SNU)(Cystack), ngockhanh(Cystack), Ataberk Yavuzer, 정우 하@@0xfa11babe, Surej Sekhar, Hari Shanmugam (The Hxr1), Ryan Hughes, Kujtim Kryeziu (Sentry), Yongyue WANG AKA Brian.W(OKX security), Юлия Мерцалова, Aaron Grattafiori - NVIDIA AI Red Team, Joseph Shamoon, Meshaal @ Darkcov, 章鱼哥 (aipyaipy.com）@@aipy, 章鱼哥 （aipyaipy.com）@@aipy, instantraaamen (github.com/instantraaamen) Contact: masa.shiramizu.com@@gmail, Manish Bhatt, Amazon Leo Security, Yurii Bakurov, Ron Masas(BreakPoint), Feng Xue(ThreatBook), XGPT(ThreatBook), Alfredo Pesoli@@__rev(Bynar), Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo, Arni Hardarson (Neonix Security)(Talence Security), 정우 하, Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan, Meta Red Team X, James Young, genter0, Eddy Tsalolikhin, James Duffy@@0x4A616D657344, Abhijeet Singh (www.linkedin.com/in/abhiunix/), Stuart Thomas, Mohamed Wedatalla, Adrián Díaz Aguilar, HvxyZLF, Dave G.(supernetworks), Alex Radocea(supernetworks), Dmytro Merkulov, silo, Kenneth Chew, Dora Orak, Arbuckle@@Ethan, @@leptos_null, Kieran Klukas (taciturnaxolotl), Liu Xue & 九宫格(Chongqing Telecom), Alfredo Pesoli via Bynario Atlas (bynar.io)@@__rev, Jaeho Nam(SNU CSE MMLAB), Jungbum Lee(SNU CSE MMLAB), Sangwi Kang(SNU CSE MMLAB), Hyeonguk Ko(SNU CSE MMLAB), Taekyoung Kwon(SNU CSE MMLAB), Jakob Pammer(Calif), 재영 정(Calif), 재영 정(ThreatBook), Jay Patel, 재영 정, Rodolphe BRUNETTI@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), 糖豆爸爸(@晴天组织), Robert Mindo, Meridian Miftari, Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat, Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h(FFRI Security Inc), an anonymous researcher(Iru), Rodolphe Brunetti@@eisw0lf(Iru), Ryan Dowd@@_rdowd(Iru), Isaiah Ryan Ehlert (isaiahehlert.com)@@icloud(Iru), Charlie Weiss, Noah Gregory (wts.dev), Tomi (tk0) Koski@@tomikoski, Kraken Cryptocurrency Exchange, HE WEI（ギカク）(Calif), bubu(Calif), Omar Cerrito(Calif), Roman Zabicki(Calif), Richard Zana(Calif), Chris Bailey - Short Circuit(Calif), Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan(Calif), Surya Narayan Kushwaha(Calif), Janggoon Lee(Out of Bounds), OpenAI Codex Security - Amy Burnett, wwwlk, Charles Kern, Seonwook Kim, lattice, Josef Korbel, Thomas Guillem, Josef Korbel (Citadelo), Jared Reyes, Kraken Cryptocurrency Exchange(Nosebeard Labs), Manish Bhatt(Nosebeard Labs), Amazon Leo Security(Nosebeard Labs), Nathaniel Oh@@calysteon(Nosebeard Labs), Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo(ThreatBook), Lyutoon, Peter Malone(ThreatBook), 이재영(Positive Technologies), Jakob Pammer(Positive Technologies), He Wei（ギカク)(Calif), 진규정 (Gyujeong Jin, @@G1uN4sh

Affected Software

27 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Sonoma<14.8.7
14.8.7
Apple macOS Sequoia<15.7.7
15.7.7
Apple iOS<26.5
26.5
Apple iPadOS<26.5
26.5
Apple iOS<18.7.9
18.7.9
Apple iPadOS<18.7.9
18.7.9
Apple macOS Tahoe<26.5
26.5
Apple tvOS<26.5
26.5
Apple WatchOS<26.5
26.5
Apple visionOS<26.5
26.5
Apple tvOS<27
27
Apple WatchOS<27
27
Apple iOS<27
27
Apple iPadOS<27
27
Apple macOS Golden Gate<27
27
Apple visionOS<27
27
Apple macOS Sequoia<15.8
15.8
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

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.8.7
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.7.7
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 26.5
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.7.9
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 27
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 26.7
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.8

Event History

May 11, 2026
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Affected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:07 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:07 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:18 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Sep 14, 2026
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
WeaknessAffected Software

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Peer vulnerabilities

Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2026-28969?

CVE-2026-28969 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause unexpected system terminations.

2

How do I fix CVE-2026-28969?

To fix CVE-2026-28969, update your device to the latest versions: iOS 18.7.9, iPadOS 18.7.9, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, or other specified updates.

3

Which devices are affected by CVE-2026-28969?

CVE-2026-28969 affects various Apple devices including iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches running specific vulnerable versions.

4

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2026-28969?

CVE-2026-28969 is a use after free vulnerability that was addressed with improved memory management.

5

Can CVE-2026-28969 be exploited remotely?

Yes, CVE-2026-28969 could allow an attacker to potentially exploit the vulnerability remotely under certain conditions.

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