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CVE-2026-28819

medium

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

Vendor / product: Apple — ipados

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CVSS
5.4
5.4 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-05-11 21:18
Modified: 2026-11-03 23:17
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 23:24 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

apple / ipados <18.7.9
apple / iphone_os <18.7.9
apple / macos ≥14.0 <14.8.7, ≥15.0 <15.7.7, ≥26.0 <26.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/127111
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/127115
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/127116
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/127117

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 23:24 UTC · record ↗

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