CVE-2026-86886: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A path traversal issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, watchOS 27. An app may be able to modify protected system files.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 26.7 (fixed in 26.7)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 26.7 (fixed in 26.7)
• Apple watchOS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)

Published 2026-09-14. Last modified 2026-09-18.