Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-28969

High

Published: 11 May 2026

Published
11 May 2026
Modified
12 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0005 15.4th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-28969 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 15.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, 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…

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26.5. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
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Why these techniques?

Use-after-free leading directly to local system crash/Denial of Service via application-triggered termination.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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CVE-2026-28983Same product: Apple Ipados
CVE-2026-28883Same product: Apple Ipados

Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 18.7.9 · 26.0 — 26.5
apple
iphone os
≤ 18.7.9 · 26.0 — 26.5
apple
macos
14.0 — 14.8.7 · 15.0 — 15.7.7 · 26.0 — 26.5
apple
tvos
≤ 26.5
apple
visionos
≤ 26.5
apple
watchos
≤ 26.5

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References