CVE-2026-84598: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A path traversal issue was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. An attacker with physical access to a trust-paired device may be able to read and write arbitrary files.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 26.7 (fixed in 26.7)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 26.7 (fixed in 26.7)

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