Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-28991

High

Published: 11 May 2026

Published
11 May 2026
Modified
13 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0006 19.5th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-28991 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Apple Ipados. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Endpoint Denial of Service (T1499); ranked at the 19.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service Impact
Adversaries may perform Endpoint Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of services to users.
Why these techniques?

Out-of-bounds read directly enables local DoS by an app, mapping to T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service.

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

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Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 26.5
apple
iphone os
≤ 26.5
apple
macos
26.0 — 26.5
apple
tvos
≤ 26.5
apple
visionos
≤ 26.5
apple
watchos
≤ 26.5

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References