CVE-2026-28963
Apple Ipados ≤ 26.5
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NSummary
CVE-2026-28963 is a medium-severity Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CWE-359) vulnerability in Apple Ipados. Its CVSS base score is 4.6 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked at the 5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-19 (Access Control for Mobile Devices) and SC-28 (Protection of Information at Rest) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-29267
Vulnerability Data
A privacy issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5. An attacker with physical access may be able to use Visual Intelligence to access sensitive user data during iPhone Mirroring.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Vulnerability enables local physical access to sensitive user data on the system (iPhone Mirroring feature).
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces access restrictions and authorization on mobile devices for features such as iPhone Mirroring, blocking unauthorized physical access to sensitive data.
Requires cryptographic or other protection of sensitive user data at rest so that Visual Intelligence cannot expose it even when physical access is obtained during mirroring.
Enforces access control policies on the data flows and functions involved in Visual Intelligence and mirroring, preventing exposure of private information (CWE-359).
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
CWE-359 does not impair RC.CO-04's ability to issue approved public recovery updates, yet any resulting PII exposure can partially undermine the outcome's overall efficacy and trust.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Masking or anonymizing personal identifiers limits the amount of private personal information that can be disclosed through application outputs or logs.
Monitoring and quarantining outbound messages that contain personal or private data directly reduces the chance that such information will be disclosed to unauthorized recipients.
The explicit prohibition on copying personally identifiable information into development and test environments directly lowers the exposure of private personal data to staff or processes that should not see it.
Labeling, chain-of-custody, and access-control requirements limit the exposure of private personal information during any transfer method.
Mandating privacy procedures and a designated privacy officer helps ensure that private personal information is not disclosed without proper authorization or necessity.
The agreements impose enforceable restrictions on the handling of private personal information, thereby decreasing the risk that such data will be exposed to unauthorized parties.