CVE-2026-86885 Denial of service in iOS and iPadOS
An attacker in radio range can cause unexpected system termination on iOS and iPadOS devices due to an input validation issue.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-86885?
CVE-2026-86885 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 14 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An input validation issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. An attacker in radio range may be able to cause unexpected system termination.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-86885?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os.
How do I fix CVE-2026-86885?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-86885 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2026-86885 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-86885 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2025-24201 Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24085 Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free
- CVE-2025-31200 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption
- CVE-2025-31201 Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write
Sources
Also known as GHSA-58m5-6m3p-mxvv.