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CVE-2026-86961

high

A race condition was addressed with additional validation.

Vendor / product: Apple — ipados

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27. A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-20 01:17
Modified: 2026-11-02 14:47
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 07:34 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 <27.0
apple / iphone_os <27.0
apple / macos <27.0

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/149034
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 07:34 UTC · record ↗

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