CVE-2026-28969: Buffer Overflow

Published May 11, 2026
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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), Alvin Aries Tapia, XiguaSec, Johnny Franks@@0xjohnny, Ruslan Dautov, Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(RTU MIREA), Ilias Morad (A2nkF)(Voynich Group), Duy Trần@@khanhduytran0, @@hugeBlack, Asaf Cohen, Guy Dor, Adriatik Raci, Cantina, Idan Masas(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), DARKNAVY@@DarkNavyOrg(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Anonymous(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Daniel Rhea, Luka Rački, Mateusz Krzywicki (iVerify.io), wac(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Kookhwan Lee(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Maher Azzouzi, Vitaly Simonovich, Luke Francis, kwak kiyong / kakaogames, greenbynox, Adel Bouachraoui, lebr0nli(National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Security, Systems Lab, David Ige(Beryllium Security), impost0r (ret2plt), Nicholas Soh, Kun Peeks@@SwayZGl1tZyyy, Surya Kushwaha, Matej Moravec@@MacejkoMoravec, Niels Hofmans(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), CVE-2025-14017, CVE-2025-14819, Gandalf4a(PKU), Richard Zana, Somair Ansar, Robert Tran, Chris Betz(Talence Security), Prathamesh Walunj@@attahasa, Omar Cerrito, Dan Raviv, Surya Kushwaha(Supernetworks), Robert Tran(Supernetworks), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), David Ige - Beryllium Security, Do Young Park, Artem Dinaburg(Trail of Bits via Anthropic CVD), Yuhao Hu, Yuanming Lai, Chenggang Wu, Zhe Wang, 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, Gia Bui@@yabeow(Calif), w0wbox, Milad Nasr, Nicholas Carlini with Claude, Anthropic, Khiem Tran, Kenneth Hsu(Palo Alto Networks), Jérôme DJOUDER, CVE-2026-1837, Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team), Jorge Welch@@jorgwelch, Alan Wang, Ailsa Sun, Christopher W. Fletcher, Hovav Shacham, David Kohlbrenner, Riccardo Paccagnella, Abodi Dawoud, tamdao, Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence, Meta Red Team X - Nik Tsytsarkin, Alexandre Borges, Ilya Andr (andrd3v), Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), Tuan D. Hoang, Hazem Issa, Yongdae Kim @ KAIST SysSec Lab, Yongdae Kim @ SysSec, KAIST, Beomseok Oh@@KAIST, Yongdae Kim@@KAIST, CVE-2026-65414, jioundai, Sindre Sorhus(Positive Technologies), Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(Positive Technologies), Stanislav Jelezoglo, Heiner Gerdes, Rishabh Jain (rjcyber)(cyberplanet), Pasquale Scola, Mathis Mansière, Nik Tsytsarkin, Chris Bailey - Short Circuit, Siyeong kim, Meta Product Security, AL Najafi, Stuart Wallace, Pavan Nallamothu, ret2happy, Mustafa Calap@@ordinal0, dbg.re), stratan@@5tratan, Rahul Raj, N.M.Praveen Nawarathne@@zblockrat, James Gill @infosec.exchange)@@jjtech, Tommy DeVoss@@thedawgyg(Braze Security Team), flower xu, PETOWORKS의 Bugeun Choi@@Bugeun, Daisuke Hatakeyama, Ryohei Ueki Research)@@SYZD, Hyunwoo Kim@@v4bel, Junyeong Lee (jylab.github.io), Merrick Hare, Aditya Kumar, John Nzyuko Uvyu, Narendra Singh@@_3P1C, Geoffrey Lovelace, Bruce Dang(Calif), Jiyong Yang, Vishal Patidar, Roman Zabicki, Luke Symons, Justin O'Leary@@olearysec(olearysec), Mateusz Jurczyk(Google Project Zero), Varik Matevosyan, 이재영, David Strnadel, Seiji Sakurai@@HeapSmasher, genter0(Calif), Svetoslav Stolarov(Calif), Josh Maine(Calif), Dun, Bernhard Jackiewicz, 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), OpenAI, Hüseyin Kabasakal@@HuseyinK01, Kitten Food, Sindre Sorhus, Tristan Brennan, Myeonghun Pak, Alan Banderas@@creeper4004, Matthew Zamat, Rodolphe Brunetti@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Drin Raci(sentry), Claudio Bozzato(Cisco Talos), Francesco Benvenuto(Cisco Talos), Hoffcona(IES Red Team), Hongsik Kim (mnur), Bálint Magyar (balintmagyar.com), Issa Sancho, CJ Vana, Gongyu Ma@@Mezone0, Surya Narayan Kushwaha, John Lussier, Filip Olszak, Meshaal@@unrealmesh, Abodi Dawoud(van Dijk), Merrick Hare(van Dijk), Roel(van Dijk), Owen Pawling@@owenpawling, Gongyu Ma (twitter@@Mezone0, Jonghoon Han (Aegis)(Shuffle Team), bubu(Shuffle Team), 이재영(Shuffle Team), Tae Woo Kim(Shuffle Team), Dawuge(Shuffle Team), Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(Safran Mumbai India), YingMuo@@YingMuo(DEVCORE Research Team), Armend Gashi, Ujjwal Reddy Kalvolu Sreenivasa Reddy, Johan Wahyudi, Lehan Dilusha Jayasingha, Jérôme Djouder, Seung Je Seong(Positive Technologies), Jakob Pammer, Kirin@@Pwnrin, Constantin Clerc(Calif), Shad J(Calif), huami1314@@huamidev(Calif), Huy Nguyen@@34306(Calif), Zeyang Li&Yuxiang Wang(Chongqing Telecom), Bedran Karakoc(Ruhr University Bochum), Tobias Funke(Ruhr University Bochum), Jacopo Clark(Ruhr University Bochum), Katharina Kohls(Ruhr University Bochum), Aaron Schlitt@@aaron_sfn(Hasso Plattner Institute), Cybersecurity - Mobile & Wireless, Jacob Prezant (prezant.us), Souta Sugiyama, Viggo Lekdorf, Tomi Garcia (archyxsec), Kwak Kiyong / kakaogames, Niels Hofmans, OGINOME Tomohito, Yusuf Kelany, Jian Lee@@speedyfriend433, James Young, Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan, genter0, Eddy Tsalolikhin, James Duffy@@0x4A616D657344, Abhijeet Singh (www.linkedin.com/in/abhiunix/), Stuart Thomas, Mohamed Wedatalla, Arjanit Isufi, Adrián Díaz Aguilar, HvxyZLF, Shuiliang Xie, 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), @@08Tc3wBB(Jamf), 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), Feng Xue(ThreatBook), XGPT(ThreatBook), 재영 정(ThreatBook), Jay Patel, 재영 정, Cem Onat Karagun, Rodolphe BRUNETTI@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), 糖豆爸爸(@晴天组织), Robert Mindo, Paul Montgomery@@nullevent, Meridian Miftari, Aaron Grattafiori - NVIDIA AI Red Team, Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat, Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h(FFRI Security Inc), deepsec@@DarkNavyOrg(DARKNAVY), Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Iru), Rohit Chatterjee(Iru), Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat(Iru), Lance Cain - Senior Consultant at SpecterOps Inc.(Iru), 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), Joshua Jewett@@JoshJewett33, Tomi (tk0) Koski@@tomikoski, Hari Shanmugam (The Hxr1), Kraken Cryptocurrency Exchange, HE WEI（ギカク）(Calif), Joseph Semaan(Calif), bubu(Calif), Omar Cerrito(Calif), HE WEI (ギカク)(Calif), Roman Zabicki(Calif), Richard Zana(Calif), Chris Bailey - Short Circuit(Calif), Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan(Calif), Surya Narayan Kushwaha(Calif), Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Arni Hardarson (Neonix Security), Stuart Wallace(Totally Not Malicious Software), Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(Totally Not Malicious Software), Rosyna Keller(Totally Not Malicious Software), Daniel Febrero, Zhongcheng Li (CK01), Prashan Samarathunge, Duc Anh Nguyen & Ta Duc Thien, Geonha Lee@@leegn4a, Chanwit Muenprakoddee (ChemIndy), f00l@@PPPF00L, 3ndy1@@_3ndy1, Minghao Lin@@Y1nkoc, 云散花折, hxr1, Drinor Selmanaj (Sentry), Ashish Kunwar(Positive Technologies), Mikhail Lozhnikov(Positive Technologies), Henock Habte, Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), 杉山 壮太, Shubham Chaskar, Dung Do@@_piers2(Calif), Junhyuk Im(S2W Inc), Seungyun Lee(S2W Inc), Mohit Negi, Myungyong Lee, Kwak Kiyong@@Pwnkai23, Song Nuri, Efstratios Kaplanellis@@5tratan(Almamater Technologies), He Wei (ギカク), Johann Rehberger, Musaab Khan@@bxff(Tencent Xuanwu Lab), XlabAI Team(Tencent Xuanwu Lab), Guannan Wang, Zhanpeng Liu, Jiashuo Liang, Guancheng Li, Iain Harkiss, CVE-2019-5598, Piotr Jerzy Duszynski(MurphySec), f0r(MurphySec), ธนกฤต ทัฬหะ, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, Jagannath Mohanty, Mohamad Dawoud, Manish Bhatt, Amazon Leo Security, oxsignal, ngockhanh(Cystack), Yurii Bakurov, Ron Masas(BreakPoint), Andrey Chernykh, Anand (anandsreekumar.com), Redon Gashi(Sentry), Alfredo Pesoli@@__rev(Bynar), Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo, Arni Hardarson (Neonix Security)(Talence Security), 정우 하, Meta Red Team X, Mustafa Ahmed, Tristan Madani (Talence Security), Prathamesh Walunj(Iru), Ahmad Al Harrizuan Izadin, Anon Tuttu Venus, Stefan Esser (Calif), Pranav Gopalkrishnan, Chris Fletcher, Abodi Dawoud(Best Buddy Apps), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), Rohit Chatterjee, Lance Cain - Senior Consultant at SpecterOps Inc., Dem0ns (@天府简易信工作室), Abdelhak Kherroubi, Jasminder Pal Singh, Lehan Dilusha Jayasingha (Sri Lanka), S. Rosario, Jihwan Yoon, OSORI, Janggoon Lee(Out of Bounds), OpenAI Codex Security - Amy Burnett, wwwlk, Charles Kern, Seonwook Kim, lattice, Josef Korbel, Thomas Guillem, Josef Korbel (Citadelo), Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo(ThreatBook), 진규정 (Gyujeong Jin, @@G1uN4sh, Piotr Jerzy Duszynski(Google Project Zero), ธนกฤต ทัฬหะ(MurphySec), Rahul Raj(MurphySec), PETOWORKS의 Bugeun Choi@@Bugeun(MurphySec), Peter Malone(ThreatBook), 이재영(Positive Technologies), Jakob Pammer(Positive Technologies), Kraken Cryptocurrency Exchange(Nosebeard Labs), Niels Hofmans(sentry), Arni Hardarson (Neonix Security)(Appknox), Vinay Kumar Rasala (Xplo8E)(Appknox), Ryohei Ueki Research)@@SYZD, LiangWei, Nick Cook, Sentry Flag, D4rthL, Ahmed Alwardani, Mohamad Dawoud / Abodi Dawoud, Mr.Gedik@@h4ck2s3c, Mr.Gedik@@h4ck2s3c(Turkish Technology), Oren Yomtov, Marc Newlin(SkySafe), Murray Mike(Nosebeard Labs), zenith, Sanny Mitra(Cystack), Sihyun Roh (Compsec(Cystack), SNU)(Cystack), Ataberk Yavuzer, 정우 하@@0xfa11babe, Surej Sekhar, Ryan Hughes, Kujtim Kryeziu (Sentry), Yongyue WANG AKA Brian.W(OKX security), Юлия Мерцалова, 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, 章鱼哥 (aipyaipy.com)@@aipy, Jurre van Bergen - Threatnotify, Redon Gashi (Sentry), Thiago Mayllart, Alfredo Pesoli via Bynario Atlas (bynar.io)@@__rev, Jared Reyes, Manish Bhatt(Nosebeard Labs), Amazon Leo Security(Nosebeard Labs), Nathaniel Oh@@calysteon(Nosebeard Labs), Lyutoon, He Wei（ギカク)(Calif), Vamshi Paili, Tony Gorez for Reverse Society@@tonygo_, Arash Ale Ebrahim(SCy), Apple, Jorge Welch

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
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade iOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.7.9
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.7.9
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade iOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 26.5
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 26.5
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade iOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 27
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 27
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Golden Gate to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 27
  15. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Sequoia to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.7.7
  16. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Sequoia to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.8
  17. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Sonoma to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.8.7
  18. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Tahoe to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 26.5
  19. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Tahoe to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 26.7
  20. Upgrade

    Upgrade tvOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 26.5
  21. Upgrade

    Upgrade tvOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 27
  22. Upgrade

    Upgrade visionOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 26.5
  23. Upgrade

    Upgrade visionOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 27
  24. Upgrade

    Upgrade watchOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 26.5
  25. Upgrade

    Upgrade watchOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 27

Event History

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