CVE-2026-28994: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to perform denial-of-service attack using crafted Wi-Fi packets.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 18.7.9 (fixed in 18.7.9); from 26.0, before 26.5 (fixed in 26.5)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 18.7.9 (fixed in 18.7.9); from 26.0, before 26.5 (fixed in 26.5)
• Apple macOS: from 14.0, before 14.8.7 (fixed in 14.8.7); from 15.0, before 15.7.7 (fixed in 15.7.7); from 26.0, before 26.5 (fixed in 26.5)
• Apple tvOS: 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.