CVE-2026-64722: Use After Free

Published Jul 27, 2026
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Updated

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.10 and iPadOS 18.7.10, iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. Processing a 3D model may result in disclosure of process memory.

Other sources

Accessibility. This issue was addressed through improved state management.

— 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

afpfs. A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.

— Apple

Credit

Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg(Nosebeard Labs), CVE-2026-3784, CVE-2026-3783, HvxyZLF, Lance Cain - Offensive Security Engineer, SpecterOps Inc., Hyunwoo Kim@@v4bel, Gil Portnoy & Henry, Anthony Laou Hine Tsuei@@anarcheuz, Ayaan Ahmad, erdene-och Byambabayar, Niels Hofmans, an anonymous researcher, Manuel Fernandez (Stackhopper Security), Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(Positive Technologies), Stanislav Jelezoglo, Somair Ansar(Calif), Josh Maine(Calif), Johnny Franks@@zeroxjf, hxr1, Alexandre Soleiman, Alexander Tarasikov, Ruslan Dautov, Redon Gashi, Trung Nguyen@@everping(CyStack), Dave G., Nicolas Rabrenovic, Atul R V & Ashmit Sharma, Peter Malone, Hcamael, 章鱼哥 （aipyaipy.com）@@aipy, Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan, Surya Narayan Kushwaha, Dun, Richard Zana, Cem Onat Karagun, Tristan Madani@@TristanInSec(Talence Security), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Arni Hardarson, Jonathan Alush-Aben, 진규정 (Gyujeong Jin, @@G1uN4sh, PETOWORKS의 Bugeun Choi@@Bugeun, Rahul Raj, Geonha Lee@@leegn4a, 이재영, Igor Ushakov, Billy Jheng Bing Jhong(STAR Labs SG Pte), Pan Zhenpeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Ashish Kunwar, Hiroki Imai (LAC Co., Ltd.), Ryan Hileman via Xint Code (xint.io), f0r(MurphySec), Feng Xue(ThreatBook), XGPT(ThreatBook), Mahmoud Abdelmoniem, Wang Yu, Lyutoon, DARKNAVY@@DarkNavyOrg, Fábio Luís@@scanpt, Adam Doupé(ASU SEFCOM), 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), Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence(Calif), Christian Figueroa(Calif), Johnny Franks@@zeroxjf(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), Huy Nguyen@@34306(Calif), Eddy Tsalolikhin, beist(ASU SEFCOM), Dun(STAR Labs SG Pte), Asjid Kalam@@odinshell, Abhijeet Singh (linkedin.com/in/abhiunix/), Omar Cerrito, Wang Yu(STAR Labs SG Pte), Ji'an Zhou, Mingxuan Yang, Ye Zhang, Jian Zhou, Calif Research, Ernesto Martínez García, N.M.Praveen Nawarathne@@zblockrat, Lukas Gerlach, CVE-2026-4424, Amy (amys.website), Daniel Febrero, Nathaniel Oh@@calysteon, Robert Mindo, He Wei (ギカク)(aipyaipy), 章鱼哥@@aipy(aipyaipy), Jex Amro, Daisuke Hatakeyama Research)@@SYZD, Richard Zana(Nosebeard Labs), yk lin@@pixiepointsec, stratan@@5tratan, wh0am1i, Robert Tran, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h(FFRI Security Inc), Matej Moravec@@MacejkoMoravec, Sindre Sorhus, Francisco Knabe, Hcamael(Stripe), 章鱼哥 （aipyaipy.com）@@aipy(Stripe), JC Alvarado(Stripe), Jacob Hazak, @@pixiepointsec, Ilya Andr (andrd3v), Asaf Cohen, Junming C.(Chapoly1305), Alfredo Pesoli@@__rev(Bynar), wdszzml, Atuin Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine, Bob Gendler(the National Institute of Standards), Technology, Vivek Dhar, ASI (RM) in Border Security Force, FTR HQ BSF Kashmir, Claudio Bozzato(Cisco Talos), Francesco Benvenuto(Cisco Talos), Kitten Food, Calif.io in collaboration with Claude, Anthropic Research, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Iru), Tien-Chih Lin(CyCraft Technology), Bruce Dang(Calif), Kwak Kiyong, Song Nuri, Kagami Rosylight(Mozilla), 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), Milad Nasr, Nicholas Carlini with Claude, Anthropic, Heiko Kiesel(SEEMOO), TU Darmstadt, Brian Carpenter, OGINOME Tomohito, Shaheen Fazim, Mathis Mansière, Юлия Мерцалова, Pinak Oza, tamdao, Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence, Irvin Wang, impost0r (ret2plt), David Ige - Beryllium Security, Pavan Nallamothu, Jared Reyes, John Lussier, Seonung Park, ALTV!ST (altvi.st/), YingQi Shi@@Mas0nShi(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Daniel Williams, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, Anonymous(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), James Duffy@@0x4A616D657344, Matthew Schneider, XBreach.ai(Nosebeard Labs), Dallas Dubs(Nosebeard Labs), Aaron Grattafiori - NVIDIA AI Red Team, Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo, Stanislav Jelezoglo(Positive Technologies), Gandalf4a(PKU), Anton Pakhunov, Dhiyanesh Selvaraj@@redroot97, hxr1(STAR Labs SG Pte), Hiroki Imai (LAC Co.(STAR Labs SG Pte), Ltd.)(STAR Labs SG Pte), Mahmoud Abdelmoniem(ThreatBook), Hyunwoo Kim@@v4bel(ThreatBook), Vladislav Shevchenko (Positive Technologies)(STAR Labs SG Pte), Kirin@@Pwnrin(Fudan University), LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), Prathamesh Walunj, Atul R V, Dan Raviv, Adam Franke(CyStack), David Strnadel, Rodolphe Brunetti@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Rodolphe BRUNETTI@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Arni Hardarson (Neonix Security), Huỳnh Tấn Ngàn, 彦辰, Stuart Wallace, Jorge Welch@@jorgwelch, Rosyna Keller(Totally Not Malicious Software), Ashish Kunwar(CyStack), Rajdip Dey Sarkar, Aaron Grattafiori - NVIDIA AI Red Team(Nosebeard Labs), Arash Ale Ebrahim(SCy), Narendra Singh@@_3P1C, ret2happy, Jiri Ha, Seiji Sakurai@@HeapSmasher, Ashish Kunwar(MurphySec), Alex Radocea, Do Young Park, OpenAI Codex Security - Amy Burnett, wwwlk, Artem Dinaburg(Trail of Bits via Anthropic CVD), Cantina, dr3dd, Tommy DeVoss@@thedawgyg(Braze Security Team), Gurpreet Shergill(Calif), Rhyru9, Merrick Hare, Khai Tran, Gurpreet Shergill, Drinor Selmanaj (Sentry), Utkarsh Pal, Ignacio Sanmillan@@ulexec, stratan@@5tratan(Almamater Technologies), 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), Janggoon Lee(Out of Bounds), Mateusz Krzywicki (iVerify.io), Josef Korbel, Josef Korbel (Citadelo)(Cisco Talos), Thomas Guillem, Shubham Chaskar, Seonwook Kim, lattice, Henock Habte, Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Utkarsh Pal(Talence Security), Narendra Singh@@_3P1C(Calif), Josef Korbel (Citadelo)(Calif), Dung Do@@_piers2(Calif), Luke Francis, Behzad Najjarpour Jabbari@@_G4ru_, Vitaly Simonovich, Muhamad Syaiful, Christian Meurer Xavier, Josef Korbel(Calif), Mohit Negi, Nan Wang@@eternalsakura13, CVE-2026-28979

Affected Software

10 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Tahoe<26.6
26.6
Apple macOS Sequoia<15.7.8
15.7.8
Apple iOS<26.6
26.6
Apple iPadOS<26.6
26.6
Apple iPadOS<26.6
Apple iPhone OS<26.6
Apple macOS>=15.0<15.7.8
Apple macOS>=26.0<26.6
Apple iOS<18.7.10
18.7.10
Apple iPadOS<18.7.10
18.7.10

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 26.6
  2. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in 15.7.8
  3. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in 18.7.10

Event History

Jul 27, 2026
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Affected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Description
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:11 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:11 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Aug 17, 2026
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected 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-2026-64722?

The severity of CVE-2026-64722 is rated at 60, indicating a moderate security risk.

2

How do I fix CVE-2026-64722?

To fix CVE-2026-64722, update to iOS 26.6, iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, or macOS Tahoe 26.6.

3

What systems are affected by CVE-2026-64722?

CVE-2026-64722 affects Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS systems, specifically versions prior to the fixes mentioned.

4

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2026-64722?

CVE-2026-64722 is a buffer overflow issue that may lead to the disclosure of process memory.

5

What improvements were made to address CVE-2026-64722?

CVE-2026-64722 was addressed through improved memory handling and state management.

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