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CVE-2026-86968

high

An access issue was addressed with improved access control.

Vendor / product: Apple — ipados

An access issue was addressed with improved access control. This issue is fixed in iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, visionOS 27.2. A malicious app may be able to access restricted system interfaces or launder launch attribution.

CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-26 21:20
Modified: 2026-11-04 19:30
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 5 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-04 19:35 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 <27.2
apple / iphone_os <27.2
apple / macos ≥27.0 <27.2
apple / visionos <27.2

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/149230
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/149521
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/149526

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-04 19:35 UTC · record ↗

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