CVE-2026-84630: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination in Apple iOS and iPadOS
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a race condition in Apple iOS and iPadOS that allows an application to cause unexpected system termination. The root cause was addressed by improving state handling in the affected operating systems. The fix is included starting from iOS 26.7, iPadOS 26.7, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, and watchOS 27. Prior versions are vulnerable to this issue.
Potential Impact
An attacker controlling an app could exploit this race condition to cause the operating system to terminate unexpectedly, potentially leading to denial of service or system instability. There is no indication of code execution or data breach from the provided information.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in iOS 26.7, iPadOS 26.7, and corresponding versions of other Apple operating systems. Users and administrators should update to these fixed versions or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.
CVE-2026-84630: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination in Apple iOS and iPadOS
Description
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.
Affected software
Apple
iOS and iPadOS
Apple
macOS
Apple
tvOS
Apple
visionOS
Apple
watchOS
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a race condition in Apple iOS and iPadOS that allows an application to cause unexpected system termination. The root cause was addressed by improving state handling in the affected operating systems. The fix is included starting from iOS 26.7, iPadOS 26.7, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, and watchOS 27. Prior versions are vulnerable to this issue.
Potential Impact
An attacker controlling an app could exploit this race condition to cause the operating system to terminate unexpectedly, potentially leading to denial of service or system instability. There is no indication of code execution or data breach from the provided information.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in iOS 26.7, iPadOS 26.7, and corresponding versions of other Apple operating systems. Users and administrators should update to these fixed versions or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-01T21:13:23.287Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aa8611455bf5e2cf59d2f6a
Added to database: 09/14/2026, 21:03:16 UTC
Last enriched: 09/14/2026, 21:47:03 UTC
Last updated: 09/15/2026, 04:01:23 UTC
Views: 4
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