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CVE-2026-28872

A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.46%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.46% probability · 39th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
apple/ipados · apple/iphone os
Source
product-security@apple.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.