CVE-2026-28902 Memory corruption in Safari

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a process crash by tricking users into visiting malicious web content in Apple Safari and related operating systems.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-28902?

CVE-2026-28902 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 11 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.5, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

Weakness: CWE-120, CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-28902?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Macos, Apple Tvos, Apple Visionos, Apple Watchos.

How do I fix CVE-2026-28902?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2026-28902 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-28902 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apple Ipados vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-28902, ECHO-c6b6-00e3-22da, GHSA-9rrc-92m2-c228, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-28902, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-28902.

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