CVE-2026-28872

A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126792	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127111	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-11 21:18

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:29

NVD link : CVE-2026-28872

Mitre link : CVE-2026-28872

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-28872

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

iphone_os
ipados

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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