CVE-2026-65404: Medium severity Apple iOS vulnerability

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. 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

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

— Apple

Accounts. An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.

— Apple

Credit

이재영(Appknox), Vinay Kumar Rasala (Xplo8E)(Appknox), Stuart Wallace, Arni Hardarson (Neonix Security), Arash Ale Ebrahim(SCy), Narendra Singh@@_3P1C, Peter Malone, Rahul Raj, Peter Malone(cyberplanet), Nicolas Rabrenovic(cyberplanet), Irvin Wang(cyberplanet), Rishabh Jain (rjcyber)(cyberplanet), Seonung Park, ALTV!ST (altvi.st/), Xint Code, Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence, Dun, YingQi Shi@@Mas0nShi(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Rodolphe Brunetti@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Daniel Febrero, Daniel Williams, Anonymous(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), ret2happy, Mathis Mansière, an anonymous researcher, James Duffy@@0x4A616D657344, stratan@@5tratan, CVE-2026-3784, CVE-2026-3783, Huỳnh Tấn Ngàn, Manuel Fernandez (Stackhopper Security), Stanislav Jelezoglo(Positive Technologies), Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(Positive Technologies), Redon Gashi, Jonathan Alush-Aben, Arni Hardarson, Jiri Ha, Gandalf4a(PKU), Anton Pakhunov, Geonha Lee@@leegn4a, Richard Zana, Dhiyanesh Selvaraj@@redroot97, Seiji Sakurai@@HeapSmasher, hxr1(STAR Labs SG Pte), Hiroki Imai (LAC Co.(STAR Labs SG Pte), Ltd.)(STAR Labs SG Pte), Billy Jheng Bing Jhong(STAR Labs SG Pte), Pan Zhenpeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Ashish Kunwar, Ryan Hileman via Xint Code (xint.io), Ashish Kunwar(MurphySec), f0r(MurphySec), Mahmoud Abdelmoniem(ThreatBook), Feng Xue(ThreatBook), XGPT(ThreatBook), Wang Yu, Nicolas Rabrenovic, Lyutoon, Hiroki Imai (LAC Co., Ltd.), Fábio Luís@@scanpt, DARKNAVY@@DarkNavyOrg, Gor Aleksanyan, Michal Kosiorek, Eddy Tsalolikhin, Asjid Kalam@@odinshell, impost0r (ret2plt), Hyunwoo Kim@@v4bel, Hyunwoo Kim@@v4bel(ThreatBook), Lukas Gerlach, Wang Yu(STAR Labs SG Pte), Ernesto Martínez García, Calif Research, Ji'an Zhou, Mingxuan Yang, Ye Zhang, Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), Vladislav Shevchenko (Positive Technologies)(STAR Labs SG Pte), Pasquale Scola(STAR Labs SG Pte), CVE-2026-4424, Robert Mindo, Nathaniel Oh@@calysteon, Daisuke Hatakeyama Research)@@SYZD, Richard Zana(Nosebeard Labs), Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg(Nosebeard Labs), Steven Zhao (zhao.io), Tristan Madani@@TristanInSec(Talence Security), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), wh0am1i, Francisco Knabe, Nik Tsytsarkin, Stanislav Jelezoglo, 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), Gia Bui@@yabeow(Calif), Rhyru9, Merrick Hare, Kwak Kiyong, Song Nuri, Khai Tran, John Lussier, Gurpreet Shergill, Drinor Selmanaj (Sentry), Utkarsh Pal, Ignacio Sanmillan@@ulexec, Using GLM(Z), 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), Brian Carpenter, Milad Nasr, Nicholas Carlini with Claude, Anthropic, Janggoon Lee(Out of Bounds), Mateusz Krzywicki (iVerify.io), Kun Peeks@@SwayZGl1tZyyy, Josef Korbel, Josef Korbel (Citadelo)(Cisco Talos), Claudio Bozzato(Cisco Talos), Francesco Benvenuto(Cisco Talos), Niels Hofmans, Thomas Guillem, Charles Kern, 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), Юлия Мерцалова, Dung Do@@_piers2(Calif), Luke Francis, Muhamad Syaiful, Behzad Najjarpour Jabbari@@_G4ru_, Vitaly Simonovich, Christian Meurer Xavier, Aaron Grattafiori - NVIDIA AI Red Team, 杉山 壮太, Josef Korbel(Calif), Mohit Negi, Nan Wang@@eternalsakura13, CVE-2026-28979, Shaheen Fazim, Jorge Welch@@jorgwelch, Adam Franke(CyStack), Trung Nguyen@@everping(CyStack), Dave G., Bartlomiej Dmitruk(striga), Stanislaw Strzalkowski(isec), Pinak Oza, Vladislav Shevchenko (Positive Technologies), tamdao, David Ige - Beryllium Security, lokerxx(Economics), Narendra Singh@@_3P1C(Economics), Lyutoon(Economics), Jordy Zomer@@pwningsystems(Economics), Richard Zana(Economics), George Stergiopoulos(Economics), InfoSec lab(Economics), Athens University(Economics), Business, Greece, Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan, 이재영, Pavan Nallamothu, Jared Reyes, 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), Yongyue WANG AKA Brian.W(OKX security), Roman Zabicki(Nosebeard Labs), Katika Mohaseen(Nosebeard Labs), an anonymous researcher(Nosebeard Labs), CVE-2025-14017, CVE-2025-14819, HvxyZLF, Lance Cain - Offensive Security Engineer, SpecterOps Inc., Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo, Anthony Laou Hine Tsuei@@anarcheuz, Gil Portnoy & Henry, Ayaan Ahmad, erdene-och Byambabayar, Atul R V & Ashmit Sharma, Hcamael, 章鱼哥 （aipyaipy.com）@@aipy, Surya Narayan Kushwaha, Cem Onat Karagun, Alfredo Pesoli@@__rev(Bynar), PETOWORKS의 Bugeun Choi@@Bugeun, Igor Ushakov, Adam Doupé(ASU SEFCOM), Kirin@@Pwnrin(Fudan University), LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), Ruslan Dautov, Prathamesh Walunj@@attahasa, Amy (amys.website), Atul R V, Robert Tran, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Dan Raviv, Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h(FFRI Security Inc), Matej Moravec@@MacejkoMoravec, 九宫格(Chongqing Telecom), Chanwit Muenprakoddee (ChemIndy), Aethel-Systems, Narcis Oliveras Fontàs, Sindre Sorhus, Zachary Neal(Stripe), Hcamael(Stripe), 章鱼哥 (aipyaipy.com)@@aipy(Stripe), JC Alvarado(Stripe), Jacob Hazak, @@pixiepointsec, Asaf Cohen, Junming C.(Chapoly1305), 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, Anthropic Research, Tien-Chih Lin(CyCraft Technology), Bruce Dang(Calif), Pyrophoria, Estifanos Megersa, Ahmed Uddin, yk lin@@pixiepointsec, silo, wdszzml(Bynar), Atuin Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine(Bynar), Stuart Wallace(Totally Not Malicious Software), Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(Totally Not Malicious Software), Rosyna Keller(Totally Not Malicious Software), CJ Vana, David Strnadel, Gongyu Ma@@Mezone0, Jian Lee@@speedyfriend433, Arni Hardarson (Neonix Security)(Appknox), Zhongcheng Li (CK01), Dem0ns (@天府简易信工作室), Abdelhak Kherroubi, Jasminder Pal Singh, Lehan Dilusha Jayasingha (Sri Lanka), Abodi Dawoud, Meta Red Team X - Nik Tsytsarkin, Alexandre Borges, Ilya Andr (andrd3v), Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team), 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), Heiner Gerdes, Pasquale Scola, Chris Bailey - Short Circuit, Siyeong kim, Meta Product Security, AL Najafi, Mustafa Calap@@ordinal0, dbg.re), N.M.Praveen Nawarathne@@zblockrat, James Gill @infosec.exchange)@@jjtech, flower xu, Adriatik Raci, Daisuke Hatakeyama, Ryohei Ueki Research)@@SYZD, Junyeong Lee (jylab.github.io), Aditya Kumar, John Nzyuko Uvyu, Geoffrey Lovelace, Jiyong Yang, Vishal Patidar, Roman Zabicki, Luke Symons, Justin O'Leary@@olearysec(olearysec), Mateusz Jurczyk(Google Project Zero), Varik Matevosyan, Mihalis Haatainen, Ari Hawking, genter0(Calif), Svetoslav Stolarov(Calif), Josh Maine(Calif), Bernhard Jackiewicz, Bhaswanth Chigurupati, R4mbb(KRsecurity), Fábio Luís@@scanpt(STAR Labs SG Pte), Richard Zana(STAR Labs SG Pte), OpenAI, Hüseyin Kabasakal@@HuseyinK01, Morris Richman@@morrisinlife, Tristan Brennan, Myeonghun Pak, Alan Banderas@@creeper4004, Matthew Zamat, Drin Raci(sentry), Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Hoffcona(IES Red Team), Hongsik Kim (mnur), Bálint Magyar (balintmagyar.com), Issa Sancho, 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, OGINOME Tomohito, Yusuf Kelany, Prashan Samarathunge, Nick Cook, Sentry Flag, D4rthL, Ahmed Alwardani, Mohamad Dawoud / Abodi Dawoud, Mr.Gedik@@h4ck2s3c, Mr.Gedik@@h4ck2s3c(Turkish Technology), Oren Yomtov, Marc Newlin(SkySafe), Sanny Mitra(Cystack), Sihyun Roh (Compsec(Cystack), SNU)(Cystack), ngockhanh(Cystack), Ataberk Yavuzer, 정우 하@@0xfa11babe, Surej Sekhar, Suresh Sundaram, Hari Shanmugam (The Hxr1), Ryan Hughes, Kujtim Kryeziu (Sentry), Omar Cerrito, Joseph Shamoon, Meshaal @ Darkcov, 章鱼哥 (aipyaipy.com）@@aipy, instantraaamen (github.com/instantraaamen) Contact: masa.shiramizu.com@@gmail, 章鱼哥 (aipyaipy.com)@@aipy, Thiago Mayllart, Manish Bhatt, Amazon Leo Security, Yurii Bakurov, Ron Masas(BreakPoint), Andrey Chernykh, Redon Gashi(Sentry), Arni Hardarson (Neonix Security)(Talence Security), 정우 하, Meta Red Team X, James Young, genter0, Abhijeet Singh (www.linkedin.com/in/abhiunix/), Stuart Thomas, Mohamed Wedatalla, Arjanit Isufi, Adrián Díaz Aguilar, Shuiliang Xie, Dave G.(supernetworks), Alex Radocea(supernetworks), Dmytro Merkulov, 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), Ricardo Prado, 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), Paul Montgomery@@nullevent, Meridian Miftari, Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat, 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, 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)

Affected Software

11 affected componentsFixes available
Apple iOS<27
27
Apple iPadOS<27
27
Apple macOS Golden Gate<27
27
Apple iOS<18.7.10
18.7.10
Apple iPadOS<18.7.10
18.7.10
Apple macOS Sequoia<15.7.8
15.7.8
Apple macOS Sonoma<14.8.8
14.8.8
Apple iPadOS<18.7.10
Apple iPhone OS<18.7.10
Apple macOS>=14.0<14.8.8
Apple macOS>=15.0<15.7.8

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 27
  2. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in 18.7.10
  3. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in 15.7.8
  4. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in 14.8.8
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade iOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.7.10
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.7.10
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade iOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 27
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 27
  9. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in 27
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Sequoia to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.7.8
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Sonoma to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.8.8

Event History

Jul 27, 2026
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Sep 14, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:51 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:51 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

What does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

The CVSS vector indicates local access is required and the attacker does not need prior privileges. Exploitation also requires user interaction, such as the user interacting with a malicious application.

2

Is this a remote code execution or denial-of-service issue?

No. The CVSS vector rates the attack vector as local and availability impact as none. It assigns high integrity impact and no confidentiality impact.

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