Apple Warns Users iOS Vulnerability Exploited in Attack (CVE-2026-86950)

Reported by Qualys (Diksha Ojha)

Summary by Cyber Security News29 Sep 2026, 15:44 CEST

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Apple released updates to address an actively exploited vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-86950. The vulnerability affects iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, and Sequoia. This is an out-of-bounds write flaw that can be exploited by processing a maliciously crafted file.

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