CVE-2026-28918: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. Parsing a maliciously crafted file may lead to an unexpected app termination.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 26.5 (fixed in 26.5)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 26.5 (fixed in 26.5)
• Apple macOS: from 26.0, before 26.5 (fixed in 26.5)
• Apple tvOS: before 26.5 (fixed in 26.5)
• Apple visionOS: before 26.5 (fixed in 26.5)
• Apple watchOS: before 26.5 (fixed in 26.5)

Published 2026-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.