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Apple WebKit EUVDEUVD-2026-110177

| CVE-2026-112626 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-10-26 apple GHSA-7654-wwjr-26xv
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: apple
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Lure victim to malicious page
  2. Delivery
    Deliver crafted web content
  3. Exploit
    Trigger WebKit use-after-free
  4. Execution
    Corrupt reclaimed memory
  5. Impact
    Execute arbitrary code in browser context

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Memory lifecycle management
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to process maliciously crafted web content in Safari/WebKit - in practice, opening or being redirected to an attacker-controlled web page (UI:R). No authentication or prior privileges on the target device are needed (PR:N), and it works against default configurations since WebKit is the system web engine on affected Apple platforms. The principal limiting factor is the required user interaction (the attacker cannot trigger it without the user loading the content); there is no non-default configuration or special feature toggle needed. Affected and unpatched builds only: the issue is fixed in Safari 27.2, iOS/iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS/iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, and watchOS 27.2 - updating to these versions is the vendor's remedy.

Impact

This is a WebKit use-after-free (CWE-416) reachable from the network with low attack complexity and no authentication (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N), but it requires user interaction (UI:R) - the victim must process maliciously crafted web content, i.e. visit an attacker-controlled page - which is the primary brake on mass exploitation. The CVSS base score of 8.8 and the SSVC Technical Impact of 'total' reflect that successful exploitation yields arbitrary code execution with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. However, the exploitation-side signals are comparatively cool: SSVC Exploitation is 'none' (no observed or public exploitation), the vulnerability is not CISA KEV-listed, Automatable is 'no' (consistent with the UI:R requirement), and the EPSS score is only 0.57% (47th percentile), indicating no evidence of near-term widespread exploitation. The signals are therefore internally consistent rather than conflicting: high technical severity paired with low current exploitation likelihood. The vuln.today priority of 'this_week' aligns with a patch-promptly posture rather than an emergency. Net: a genuinely serious browser-engine RCE given WebKit's enormous footprint, but at time of analysis it is a prioritized-patch item, not an actively-exploited emergency. Note the common caveat for WebKit memory-corruption bugs: such flaws are frequently chained in real exploit chains, so the low EPSS should not be read as low intrinsic danger.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts a malicious web page and lures an Apple-device user into visiting it (via phishing, a malicious ad, or a compromised site); when Safari/WebKit processes the crafted web content it triggers the use-after-free, allowing the attacker to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code in the browser context. No authentication is required but the victim must actively load the content (UI:R). No public exploit code or PoC reference was provided in the input.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.6% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026

Arbitrary code execution in Apple WebKit can be triggered when a user processes maliciously crafted web content on affected Apple platforms, with successful exploitation leading to memory corruption and potential full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CVSS 8.8). The flaw affects Safari before 27.2, iOS/iPadOS before 26.7.2 and before 27.2, macOS Golden Gate before 27.2, and tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS before 27.2; it requires user interaction but no authentication. No confirmed active exploitation or public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is 0.57% (47th percentile).

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: Safari 27.2, iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, and watchOS 27.2. Update affected devices to these fixed versions using the Apple advisories at https://support.apple.com/en-us/149227, https://support.apple.com/en-us/149230, https://support.apple.com/en-us/149521, https://support.apple.com/en-us/149524, https://support.apple.com/en-us/149525, https://support.apple.com/en-us/149526, and https://support.apple.com/en-us/149527. No separate workaround or mitigation is specified in the provided data; the vendor's remedy is updating to these fixed releases, and user interaction with malicious web content is the trigger requirement identified in the available sources.

Affected VersionsENISA

Safari 0 <27.2
iOS and iPadOS 0 <27.2
iOS and iPadOS 0 <26.7.2
visionOS 0 <27.2
macOS 0 <27.2
tvOS 0 <27.2
watchOS 0 <27.2

Affected Packages

euvd ios_and_ipados fix: 26.7.2, 27.2
euvd macos fix: 27.2
euvd safari fix: 27.2
euvd tvos fix: 27.2
euvd visionos fix: 27.2
euvd watchos fix: 27.2

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 6 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

CVE-2026-112626 is a use-after-free (CWE-416) in Apple's WebKit web engine, the system browser engine used across Safari, iOS/iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS. The CVSS:3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H describes a network-reachable flaw with low attack complexity and no privileges required, but the victim must interact by loading maliciously crafted web content. The available sources do not describe the specific object lifetime or trigger path beyond that content-processing requirement; the vendor addressed it through improved memory management.

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Severity by source

Vendor (apple) PRIMARY 8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 8.8 HIGH

Network-reachable via crafted web content with no privileges (AV:N/PR:N) but requiring the user to load the page (UI:R); arbitrary code execution gives full C/I/A impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (apple).

CVSS VectorVendor: apple

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Oct 26, 2026 - 22:25 NVD
8.8 (HIGH)
Patch available
Oct 26, 2026 - 21:03 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 26, 2026 - 20:40 cve.org
HIGH 8.8
CVE Published
Oct 26, 2026 - 20:40 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 27.2, iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Why It Matters

Apple has released a high-severity update for a WebKit memory corruption flaw that can lead to arbitrary code execution on iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple TVs, Apple Watches, and Vision Pro headsets. Because WebKit powers Safari and all in-app web views, a single malicious webpage or link could compromise a user's device even without authentication - putting mobile and remote workers who browse the web at direct risk, and creating a potential breach path into corporate data and systems.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 53% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
WebKit/Safari ships on all iOS, iPadOS and macOS devices worldwide
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.6%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
Medium
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

45
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +44
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Use-after-free vulnerabilities occur when a program continues to access memory through a pointer after that memory has been deallocated.

Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.

Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.

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