CVE-2026-84596: Apple iPadOS

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

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)
• Apple macOS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)
• Apple tvOS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)
• Apple visionOS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)
• Apple watchOS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)

Published 2026-09-14. Last modified 2026-09-16.