CVE-2026-65371: Use After Free

Published Jul 27, 2026
·
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

an anonymous researcher, Lehan Dilusha Jayasingha (Sri Lanka), Jasminder Pal Singh, Dem0ns (@天府简易信工作室), Abdelhak Kherroubi, tamdao, Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence, Richard Zana, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Pavan Nallamothu, Jared Reyes, D4rthL, Mohamad Dawoud / Abodi Dawoud, Ahmed Alwardani, Mustafa Calap@@ordinal0, dbg.re), Meta Red Team X - Nik Tsytsarkin, Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team), Mr.Gedik@@h4ck2s3c(Turkish Technology), Mr.Gedik@@h4ck2s3c, Sindre Sorhus, Oren Yomtov, Morris Richman@@morrisinlife, Kun Peeks@@SwayZGl1tZyyy, Peter Malone, Ruslan Dautov, Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), CVE-2026-65414, Sanny Mitra(Cystack), Sihyun Roh (Compsec(Cystack), SNU)(Cystack), ngockhanh(Cystack), 정우 하@@0xfa11babe, Suresh Sundaram, Surej Sekhar, Hari Shanmugam (The Hxr1), Ataberk Yavuzer, Rishabh Jain (rjcyber)(cyberplanet), Pasquale Scola, Dawuge(Shuffle Team), Nathaniel Oh@@calysteon, 이재영, Siyeong kim, Chris Bailey - Short Circuit, AL Najafi, Stuart Wallace, Ryan Hughes, Kujtim Kryeziu (Sentry), stratan@@5tratan, Rahul Raj, Yongyue WANG AKA Brian.W(OKX security), Omar Cerrito, 章鱼哥 （aipyaipy.com）@@aipy, instantraaamen (github.com/instantraaamen) Contact: masa.shiramizu.com@@gmail, Meshaal @ Darkcov, Joseph Shamoon, Aaron Grattafiori - NVIDIA AI Red Team, Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg(Nosebeard Labs), 章鱼哥 (aipyaipy.com）@@aipy, 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, Manish Bhatt, Amazon Leo Security, Junyeong Lee (jylab.github.io), Merrick Hare, Narendra Singh@@_3P1C, John Nzyuko Uvyu, Aditya Kumar, Geoffrey Lovelace, Bruce Dang(Calif), Anthropic Research, Luke Symons, Jiyong Yang, Roman Zabicki, Arni Hardarson (Neonix Security)(Talence Security), Tristan Madani@@TristanInSec(Talence Security), 정우 하, Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan, Dun, Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo(ThreatBook), Feng Xue(ThreatBook), XGPT(ThreatBook), Alfredo Pesoli@@__rev(Bynar), Justin O'Leary, 진규정 (Gyujeong Jin, @@G1uN4sh, Mateusz Jurczyk(Google Project Zero), Varik Matevosyan, Mihalis Haatainen, Ashish Kunwar, Ari Hawking, hxr1, Bernhard Jackiewicz, Svetoslav Stolarov & Aisa Fox(Calif), Josh Maine(Calif), genter0, James Duffy@@0x4A616D657344, Eddy Tsalolikhin, Surya Narayan Kushwaha, Hiroki Imai (LAC Co., Ltd.), Billy Jheng Bing Jhong(STAR Labs SG Pte), Pan Zhenpeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Abhijeet Singh (www.linkedin.com/in/abhiunix/), Stuart Thomas, Ashish Kunwar(Positive Technologies), Mikhail Lozhnikov(Positive Technologies), Bhaswanth Chigurupati, Fábio Luís@@scanpt(STAR Labs SG Pte), Richard Zana(STAR Labs SG Pte), Vladislav Shevchenko (Positive Technologies), Mohamed Wedatalla, Arjanit Isufi, HvxyZLF, Adrián Díaz Aguilar, Armend Gashi, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Sindre Sorhus(IES Red Team), Hoffcona(IES Red Team), Claudio Bozzato(Cisco Talos), Francesco Benvenuto(Cisco Talos), Kenneth Chew, Dora Orak, Arbuckle@@Ethan, @@leptos_null, Hongsik Kim (mnur), Liu Xue & 九宫格(Chongqing Telecom), Dhiyanesh Selvaraj@@redroot97, 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), John Lussier, Filip Olszak, 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), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Abodi Dawoud, 糖豆爸爸(@晴天组织), Robert Mindo, Niels Hofmans, Ujjwal Reddy Kalvolu Sreenivasa Reddy, Johan Wahyudi, 이재영(Positive Technologies), Seung Je Seong(Positive Technologies), Jakob Pammer(Positive Technologies), Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(Positive Technologies), Jérôme Djouder, 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), Kraken Cryptocurrency Exchange(Nosebeard Labs), 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, 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), Rodolphe Brunetti@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Anton Pakhunov, 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), Stanislav Jelezoglo, Redon Gashi, Surya Kushwaha, Michael DePlante@@izobashi(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), Arni Hardarson, Jonathan Alush-Aben, Geonha Lee@@leegn4a, Ashish Kunwar(MurphySec), f0r(MurphySec), Mahmoud Abdelmoniem, Wang Yu, Lyutoon, 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), Huy Nguyen@@34306(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), Milad Nasr, Nicholas Carlini with Claude, Anthropic, Heiko Kiesel(SEEMOO), TU Darmstadt, Brian Carpenter, OGINOME Tomohito, 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), Soyeon Park, Amy Burnett, 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), 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, He Wei (ギカク)(Cisco Talos), Kitten Food, Calif.io in collaboration with Claude, Tien-Chih Lin

Affected Software

14 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Sequoia<15.8
15.8
Apple iOS<26.6
26.6
Apple iPadOS<26.6
26.6
Apple WatchOS<26.6
26.6
Apple tvOS<26.6
26.6
Apple visionOS<26.6
26.6
Apple macOS Tahoe<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 visionOS<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 15.8
  2. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in 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
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:50 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:50 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 Apple platforms are in scope for triage?

The affected software list includes macOS Sequoia, macOS Tahoe, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS.

2

Can this record determine whether a specific device is still affected?

No. The provided data does not include affected or fixed version numbers, build identifiers, configuration prerequisites, or detection indicators.

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