CVE-2026-43702: Input Validation

Published Jul 27, 2026
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Updated

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

Other sources

Accessibility. This issue was addressed through improved state management.

— Apple

Accessibility. This issue was addressed with improved data protection.

— Apple

Accounts Framework. This issue was addressed with improved data protection.

— Apple

Accounts. A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.

— Apple

Accounts. An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.

— Apple

Credit

Peter Malone, Stuart Wallace(Totally Not Malicious Software), Rosyna Keller(Totally Not Malicious Software), Jian Lee@@speedyfriend433, Ilya Andr (andrd3v), Gongyu Ma@@Mezone0, David Strnadel, Daniel Febrero, CJ Vana, Asaf Cohen, Cem Onat Karagun, an anonymous researcher, tamdao, Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence, Richard Zana, Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team), Calif.io in collaboration with Claude, Anthropic Research, Ruslan Dautov, Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), CVE-2026-65414, Rishabh Jain (rjcyber)(cyberplanet), Pasquale Scola, Siyeong kim, Chris Bailey - Short Circuit, Nathaniel Oh@@calysteon, AL Najafi, Stuart Wallace, Pavan Nallamothu, N.M.Praveen Nawarathne@@zblockrat, James Gill @infosec.exchange)@@jjtech, Tommy DeVoss@@thedawgyg(Braze Security Team), flower xu, Adriatik Raci, PETOWORKS의 Bugeun Choi@@Bugeun, Hyunwoo Kim@@v4bel, Daisuke Hatakeyama, Ryohei Ueki Research)@@SYZD, Meta Red Team X - Nik Tsytsarkin, Geoffrey Lovelace, Bruce Dang(Calif), Jiyong Yang, Justin O'Leary, 진규정 (Gyujeong Jin, @@G1uN4sh, Gandalf4a(PKU), Anton Pakhunov, Niels Hofmans, Meta Red Team X, Geonha Lee@@leegn4a, Mateusz Jurczyk(Google Project Zero), Varik Matevosyan, Lyutoon, Dun, Bernhard Jackiewicz, Svetoslav Stolarov & Aisa Fox(Calif), Josh Maine(Calif), genter0, Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg(Nosebeard Labs), Billy Jheng Bing Jhong(STAR Labs SG Pte), Pan Zhenpeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), R4mbb(KRsecurity), Tristan Madani@@TristanInSec(Talence Security), Vladislav Shevchenko (Positive Technologies), Hiroki Imai (LAC Co., Ltd.), Fábio Luís@@scanpt(STAR Labs SG Pte), Richard Zana(STAR Labs SG Pte), Bhaswanth Chigurupati, Kitten Food, Matthew Zamat, Rodolphe Brunetti@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Drin Raci(sentry), Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Stanislav Jelezoglo, Sindre Sorhus(IES Red Team), Hoffcona(IES Red Team), Hongsik Kim (mnur), stratan@@5tratan, Rahul Raj, Dhiyanesh Selvaraj@@redroot97, Narendra Singh@@_3P1C, Surya Narayan Kushwaha, Roman Zabicki, John Lussier, Filip Olszak, Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(Safran Mumbai India), Abodi Dawoud, Ujjwal Reddy Kalvolu Sreenivasa Reddy, Johan Wahyudi, Armend Gashi, Lehan Dilusha Jayasingha, 이재영(Positive Technologies), Seung Je Seong(Positive Technologies), Jakob Pammer(Positive Technologies), Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(Positive Technologies), Jérôme Djouder, Sindre Sorhus, Constantin Clerc(Calif), Shad J(Calif), Huy Nguyen@@34306(Calif), huami1314@@huamidev, Milad Nasr, Nicholas Carlini with Claude, Anthropic, OGINOME Tomohito, Zhongcheng Li (CK01), Lehan Dilusha Jayasingha (Sri Lanka), Jasminder Pal Singh, Dem0ns (@天府简易信工作室), Abdelhak Kherroubi, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Jared Reyes, D4rthL, Mohamad Dawoud / Abodi Dawoud, Ahmed Alwardani, Mr.Gedik@@h4ck2s3c(Turkish Technology), Mr.Gedik@@h4ck2s3c, Oren Yomtov, Morris Richman@@morrisinlife, Kun Peeks@@SwayZGl1tZyyy, Sanny Mitra(Cystack), Sihyun Roh (Compsec(Cystack), SNU)(Cystack), ngockhanh(Cystack), 정우 하@@0xfa11babe, Suresh Sundaram, Surej Sekhar, Hari Shanmugam (The Hxr1), Ataberk Yavuzer, Dawuge(Shuffle Team), 이재영, Kraken Cryptocurrency Exchange(Nosebeard Labs), Ryan Hughes, Kujtim Kryeziu (Sentry), Mustafa Calap@@ordinal0, dbg.re), Yongyue WANG AKA Brian.W(OKX security), Omar Cerrito, Aaron Grattafiori - NVIDIA AI Red Team, Meshaal @ Darkcov, Joseph Shamoon, 章鱼哥 （aipyaipy.com）@@aipy, instantraaamen (github.com/instantraaamen) Contact: masa.shiramizu.com@@gmail, 章鱼哥 (aipyaipy.com）@@aipy, Manish Bhatt(Nosebeard Labs), Amazon Leo Security(Nosebeard Labs), Nathaniel Oh@@calysteon(Nosebeard Labs), Junyeong Lee (jylab.github.io), Merrick Hare, John Nzyuko Uvyu, Aditya Kumar, Luke Symons, Arni Hardarson (Neonix Security)(Talence Security), 정우 하, Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan, Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo(ThreatBook), Feng Xue(ThreatBook), XGPT(ThreatBook), Alfredo Pesoli@@__rev(Bynar), Mihalis Haatainen, Ashish Kunwar, Ari Hawking, James Duffy@@0x4A616D657344, Eddy Tsalolikhin, Abhijeet Singh (www.linkedin.com/in/abhiunix/), Stuart Thomas, Mohamed Wedatalla, Arjanit Isufi, HvxyZLF, Adrián Díaz Aguilar, Dave G.(supernetworks), Alex Radocea(supernetworks), Claudio Bozzato(Cisco Talos), Francesco Benvenuto(Cisco Talos), Kenneth Chew, Dora Orak, Arbuckle@@Ethan, @@leptos_null, wdszzml, Atuin Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine, 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), Peter Malone(ThreatBook), Jay Patel, 재영 정, Dave G., YingMuo@@YingMuo(DEVCORE Research Team), Rodolphe BRUNETTI@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), 糖豆爸爸(@晴天组织), Robert Mindo, Amy (amys.website), Meridian Miftari, Zeyang Li&Yuxiang Wang(Chongqing Telecom), Tomi (tk0) Koski@@tomikoski, bubu(Calif), Surya Narayan Kushwaha(Calif), Roman Zabicki(Calif), Richard Zana(Calif), Omar Cerrito(Calif), HE WEI（ギカク）(Calif), Chris Bailey - Short Circuit(Calif), He Wei（ギカク)(Calif), Manish Bhatt, Amazon Leo Security, hxr1, Ashish Kunwar(Positive Technologies), Mikhail Lozhnikov(Positive Technologies), Liu Xue & 九宫格(Chongqing Telecom), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Jorge Welch@@jorgwelch, 章鱼哥.com@@aipyaipy, Irvin Wang(cyberplanet), Peter Malone(cyberplanet), Nicolas Rabrenovic(cyberplanet), Seonung Park, ALTV!ST (altvi.st/), YingQi Shi@@Mas0nShi(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Daniel Williams, Arni Hardarson (Neonix Security), Anonymous(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), ret2happy, Mathis Mansière, CVE-2026-3784, CVE-2026-3783, Huỳnh Tấn Ngàn, Manuel Fernandez (Stackhopper Security), Redon Gashi, Surya Kushwaha, Michael DePlante@@izobashi(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Arni Hardarson, Jonathan Alush-Aben, Ashish Kunwar(MurphySec), f0r(MurphySec), Mahmoud Abdelmoniem, Wang Yu, DARKNAVY@@DarkNavyOrg, Fábio Luís@@scanpt, Nicolas Rabrenovic, Pasquale Scola(STAR Labs SG Pte), Gor Aleksanyan, impost0r (ret2plt)(Appknox), Ruslan Dautov(Appknox), Aleksandr Tarasikov(Appknox), jay(Appknox), Dhiyanesh Selvaraj@@redroot97(Appknox), Vinay Kumar Rasala (Xplo8E)(Appknox), Lyutoon(STAR Labs SG Pte), DongJun Kim (smlijun) with UIUC(STAR Labs SG Pte), Hwiwon Lee (hwiwonl) with UIUC(STAR Labs SG Pte), Jongseong Kim (nevul37) with UIUC(STAR Labs SG Pte), Younggi Park (grill66) with UIUC(STAR Labs SG Pte), Peter Malone(STAR Labs SG Pte), an anonymous researcher(STAR Labs SG Pte), Hari Shanmugam (The Hxr1)(STAR Labs SG Pte), Marco Grassi, Daniele Castronovo, Michal Kosiorek, Ruslan Dautov(Baidu Security), 재영 정(Baidu Security), (Rao Ali Nawaz)@@rootxran(Baidu Security), Chanwit Muenprakoddee (ChemIndy)(Baidu Security), an anonymous researcher(Baidu Security), Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence(Calif), Christian Figueroa(Calif), Johnny Franks@@0xjohnny(Calif), Ashmit Sharma & Atul RV(Calif), Peter Malone(Calif), Muhamad Syaiful(Calif), Muneeb Amin Bhat(Calif), Dhiyanesh Selvaraj@@redroot97(Calif), Ali Marzouq(Calif), Bountyy Oy - Mihalis Haatainen(Calif), beist(ASU SEFCOM), Adam Doupé(ASU SEFCOM), Dun(STAR Labs SG Pte), Johnny Franks@@0xjohnny, Somair Ansar(Calif), Asjid Kalam@@odinshell, Abhijeet Singh (linkedin.com/in/abhiunix/), Ryan Hileman via Xint Code (xint.io), Jian Zhou, Ye Zhang, Lukas Gerlach, Tristan Rousseau, Dun(DARKNAVY), deepsec@@DarkNavyOrg(DARKNAVY), CVE-2026-4424, Daisuke Hatakeyama Research)@@SYZD, Richard Zana(Nosebeard Labs), wh0am1i, Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h(FFRI Security Inc), Francisco Knabe, 彦辰, Nik Tsytsarkin, RedRays Security Team, Kwak Kiyong, Song Nuri, Kagami Rosylight(Mozilla), Luke Francis(Z), Francisco Alonso@@revskills(Z), Shubham Chaskar(Z), Jiyong Yang@@Sy2n0(Z), 杉山 壮太(Z), lattice(Z), Behzad Najjarpour Jabbari@@_G4ru_(Z), Junyeong Lee(Z), Mooth.ai(Z), OGINOME Tomohito(Z), Using GLM(Z), Gia Bui@@yabeow(Calif), Heiko Kiesel(SEEMOO), TU Darmstadt, Brian Carpenter, Shaheen Fazim, Rajdip Dey Sarkar, impost0r (ret2plt), Vladislav Shevchenko (Positive Technologies)(Baidu Security), dr3dd, Gurpreet Shergill, Drinor Selmanaj (Sentry), Khai Tran, Rhyru9, Utkarsh Pal(Almamater Technologies), stratan@@5tratan(Almamater Technologies), Josef Korbel (Citadelo)(Talence Security), CVE-2026-43709, Юлия Мерцалова, Nan Wang@@eternalsakura13, Luke Francis, Soyeon Park(DEVCORE Research Team), Amy Burnett(DEVCORE Research Team), Khai Tran(DEVCORE Research Team), sherkito(DEVCORE Research Team), Kota Toda(DEVCORE Research Team), HexRabbit@@h3xr4bb1t(DEVCORE Research Team), NiNi@@terrynini38514(DEVCORE Research Team), Utkarsh Pal, Ignacio Sanmillan@@ulexec, Kwak Kiyong(Talence Security), Song nuri(Talence Security), Mateusz Krzywicki (iVerify.io)(Braze Security Team), dr3dd(Braze Security Team), Jody Ritonga, Muhamad Syaiful, Behzad Najjarpour Jabbari@@_G4ru_, OpenAI Codex Security - Amy Burnett, Vitaly Simonovich, Christian Meurer Xavier, Josef Korbel, Idan Masas, CVE-2026-28979, Tien-Chih Lin(CyCraft Technology), Adam Franke(CyStack), Ashish Kunwar(CyStack), Trung Nguyen@@everping(CyStack), Bartlomiej Dmitruk(striga), Stanislaw Strzalkowski(isec), Pinak Oza, Irvin Wang, David Ige - Beryllium Security, lokerxx(Economics), Narendra Singh@@_3P1C(Economics), Lyutoon(Economics), Jordy Zomer@@pwningsystems(Economics), Richard Zana(Economics), Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan(Economics), George Stergiopoulos(Economics), InfoSec lab(Economics), Athens University(Economics), Business, Greece, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Iru), Matthew Schneider, Dallas Dubs(Nosebeard Labs), Aaron Grattafiori - NVIDIA AI Red Team(Nosebeard Labs), XBreach.ai(Nosebeard Labs), Roman Zabicki(Nosebeard Labs), Katika Mohaseen(Nosebeard Labs), an anonymous researcher(Nosebeard Labs), Lance Cain - Offensive Security Engineer, SpecterOps Inc., Mahmoud Abdelmoniem(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Kujtim Kryeziu(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), 이재영(Nosebeard Labs), Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(Nosebeard Labs), beist, Gil Portnoy & Henry, Anthony Laou Hine Tsuei@@anarcheuz, Ayaan Ahmad, erdene-och Byambabayar, Alexandre Soleiman, Alexander Tarasikov, Atul R V & Ashmit Sharma, Hcamael, Igor Ushakov, Wang Yu(STAR Labs SG Pte), Ji'an Zhou, Mingxuan Yang, Calif Research, Ernesto Martínez García, He Wei (ギカク)(aipyaipy), 章鱼哥@@aipy(aipyaipy), Jex Amro, yk lin@@pixiepointsec, Robert Tran, Matej Moravec@@MacejkoMoravec, Aethel-Systems(Chongqing Telecom), Chanwit Muenprakoddee (ChemIndy)(Chongqing Telecom), 九宫格(Chongqing Telecom), Narcis Oliveras Fontàs, Zachary Neal(Stripe), Hcamael(Stripe), 章鱼哥 (aipyaipy.com)@@aipy(Stripe), JC Alvarado(Stripe), Jacob Hazak, @@pixiepointsec, Junming C.(Chapoly1305), Bob Gendler(the National Institute of Standards), Technology, Vivek Dhar, ASI (RM) in Border Security Force, FTR HQ BSF Kashmir, He Wei (ギカク)(Cisco Talos), Tien-Chih Lin

Affected Software

12 affected componentsFixes available
Apple iOS<26.7
26.7
Apple iPadOS<26.7
26.7
Apple macOS Tahoe<26.7
26.7
Apple macOS Sequoia<15.8
15.8
Apple WatchOS<26.6
26.6
Apple tvOS<26.6
26.6
Apple iPadOS<26.6
Apple iPhone OS<26.6
Apple macOS>=15.0<15.8
Apple macOS>=26.0<26.6
Apple tvOS<26.6
Apple WatchOS<26.6

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 26.7
  2. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in 15.8
  3. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in 26.6
  4. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in iOS 26.6
  5. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in iPadOS 26.6
  6. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in iOS 26.7
  7. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in iPadOS 26.7
  8. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.8
  9. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.6
  10. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.7
  11. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in tvOS 26.6
  12. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in watchOS 26.6

Event History

Jul 27, 2026
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Sep 14, 2026
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:48 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:48 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Peer vulnerabilities

Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

Which platforms are listed as affected?

The record lists Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, macOS Sequoia, watchOS, and tvOS.

2

What vulnerability classes are represented in this record?

The listed CWEs are input validation, integer overflow, use after free, race condition, and path traversal. The description also references out-of-bounds writes, permissions issues, authentication issues, logging, and logic issues across multiple components.

3

Does the record identify affected versions, default exposure, exploitation prerequisites, or temporary mitigations?

No. It does not provide version ranges, state whether default configurations are affected, describe attacker requirements, or specify compensating controls when patching is unavailable.

4

When was this record published and last modified?

It was published on 2026-07-27 and last modified on 2026-09-14.

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