CVE-2026-86881
An attacker with a compromised intermediate certificate authority may be able to issue certificates with arbitrary extended key usages.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A certificate validation issue was addressed with improved certificate validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. An attacker with a compromised intermediate certificate authority may be able to issue certificates with arbitrary extended key usages.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 24th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/visionos · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 0.3% since 19 September 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149034Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149036Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149037Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149038Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149041Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.