High 7.5Published May 11, 2026

CVE-2026-28974This issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 6:10 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

This issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-284
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: apple
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 12, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Apple iOS and iPadOS apple:ios_and_ipados (from the name)	before 26.5	CNA record
Apple macOS apple:macos (from the name)	before 15.7.7; before 26.5	CNA record
Apple tvOS apple:tvos (from the name)	before 26.5	CNA record
Apple visionOS apple:visionos (from the name)	before 26.5	CNA record
Apple watchOS apple:watchos (from the name)	before 26.5	CNA record
apple ipados apple:ipados	before 26.5	NVD
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os	before 26.5	NVD
apple macos apple:macos	from 15.0 before 15.7.7; from 26.0 before 26.5	NVD
apple tvos apple:tvos	before 26.5	NVD
apple visionos apple:visionos	before 26.5	NVD
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References

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/127110	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127115	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127116	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127118	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127119	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127120	release-notes, vendor-advisory

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