CVE-2026-28941

high

Published 2026-05-11 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.1

Description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5. Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial-of-service or potentially disclose memory contents.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

80%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

macOS Mixed 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
26.5	Fixed	—
15.7.7	Fixed	—
—	Affected	`18.7.9`

ios Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
18.7.9	Fixed	—

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.