CVE-2026-28996: An app may be able to access sensitive user data in Apple iOS and iPadOS
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a race condition (CWE-362) that could enable an app to access sensitive user data on affected Apple platforms. Apple fixed the issue by adding additional validation in iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, and watchOS 26.5. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires local access with low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction needed, and impacts confidentiality but not integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access and the ability to trick a user into interaction could exploit this race condition to gain unauthorized access to sensitive user data. The impact is limited to confidentiality and does not affect system integrity or availability. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official fixes in iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, and corresponding updates for other Apple operating systems. Users and administrators should apply these updates promptly to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-28996: An app may be able to access sensitive user data in Apple iOS and iPadOS
Description
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a race condition (CWE-362) that could enable an app to access sensitive user data on affected Apple platforms. Apple fixed the issue by adding additional validation in iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, and watchOS 26.5. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires local access with low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction needed, and impacts confidentiality but not integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access and the ability to trick a user into interaction could exploit this race condition to gain unauthorized access to sensitive user data. The impact is limited to confidentiality and does not affect system integrity or availability. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has released official fixes in iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, and corresponding updates for other Apple operating systems. Users and administrators should apply these updates promptly to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-03T16:36:03.997Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a028763cbff5d86108b6812
Added to database: 05/12/2026, 01:50:27 UTC
Last enriched: 05/19/2026, 09:36:17 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 74
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