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Safari / WebKit EUVDEUVD-2026-60500

| CVE-2026-65336 MEDIUM
Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
2026-08-17 apple GHSA-cpp2-p4m6-xw8f
4.3
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
    Attacker hosts malicious webpage
  2. Delivery
    User clicks link or is redirected
  3. Exploit
    Safari loads crafted web content
  4. Execution
    WebKit state management flaw triggered
  5. Impact
    Safari process crashes unexpectedly

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that a user actively process malicious web content - meaning the user must navigate to or load an attacker-controlled page in Safari (UI:R per CVSS vector). No authentication is required on the attacker's side, and no special server-side configuration is needed beyond serving the crafted content. The impact is strictly limited to an unexpected Safari crash (availability only, A:L); there is no confidentiality or integrity impact per the CVSS vector. Exploitation is constrained by: mandatory user interaction (must visit the malicious page), impact limited to a process crash rather than code execution, and the flaw affecting only Apple's WebKit-based browsers (Safari on iOS/iPadOS/macOS Tahoe) rather than third-party browsers.

Impact

The real-world risk is low-to-moderate and significantly below what the network-accessible vector might initially suggest. CVSS 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) reflects a remote, unauthenticated denial-of-service requiring user interaction - limited to a browser crash with no confidentiality or integrity impact. EPSS at 0.14% (4th percentile) indicates very low probability of near-term automated exploitation. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and no POC has been identified, further depressing urgency. The primary real-world scenario is targeted nuisance attacks or drive-by DoS campaigns; even a mid-sized IT team in kielce managing a shared device fleet would find this disruptive but not catastrophic absent privilege escalation or data exposure. The patch is already available across all affected platforms, making remediation straightforward and reducing residual risk substantially for patched environments.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts a webpage containing specially crafted web content designed to trigger the state management flaw in WebKit. A user on an unpatched Apple device visits the page - whether via a phishing link, malicious advertisement, or redirected URL - causing Safari to crash and terminate unexpectedly. No public proof-of-concept exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the attack produces only a browser crash with no code execution or data access.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 18, 2026

Safari on Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Tahoe crashes unexpectedly when processing maliciously crafted web content due to a state management flaw in WebKit. Affected are all iOS and iPadOS versions prior to 18.7.10 and 26.6.1, and macOS Tahoe prior to 26.6.2. An attacker can trigger a denial-of-service condition by luring a user to visit a malicious webpage, causing the browser to crash; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and EPSS sits at the 4th percentile, indicating very low observed exploitation probability.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to iOS 18.7.10 or iPadOS 18.7.10 (legacy branch), iOS 26.6.1 or iPadOS 26.6.1 (current branch), or macOS Tahoe 26.6.2 - all available via the standard Apple software update mechanism. Apple advisory references are https://support.apple.com/en-us/148281, https://support.apple.com/en-us/148282, and https://support.apple.com/en-us/148287. For environments where immediate patching is not possible, a compensating control is to restrict access to untrusted web content via corporate content filtering or MDM-enforced web category blocking; this reduces exposure but does not eliminate it for managed browser sessions. No feature-disable workaround for the specific state management flaw has been disclosed by Apple.

Affected VersionsENISA

iOS and iPadOS 0 <26.6.1
macOS 0 <26.6.2
iOS and iPadOS 0 <18.7.10

Affected Packages

euvd ios_and_ipados fix: 18.7.10, 26.6.1
euvd macos fix: 26.6.2

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

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Affects 2 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability resides in WebKit, Apple's browser engine underlying Safari on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The root cause is classified as CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation), manifesting specifically as a state management defect - the engine fails to correctly track or transition internal processing state when parsing certain web content, leading to an unhandled condition that terminates the Safari process. CPE strings confirm affected components are cpe:2.3:a:apple:ios_and_ipados and cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos. Apple's advisory language 'improved state management' is consistent with a use-after-free, race condition, or object lifecycle error within the HTML/JS rendering pipeline, though the exact sub-mechanism is not publicly disclosed.

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Severity by source

Vendor (apple) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Network-delivered via crafted web content, no privileges needed, user must load page; impact is browser crash only, no confidentiality or integrity loss.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE MEDIUM
Red Hat 8.8 HIGH

Primary rating from Vendor (apple).

CVSS VectorVendor: apple

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Aug 18, 2026 - 14:22 NVD
4.3 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Aug 17, 2026 - 22:03 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 17, 2026 - 21:30 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 17, 2026 - 21:30 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.10 and iPadOS 18.7.10, iOS 26.6.1 and iPadOS 26.6.1, macOS Tahoe 26.6.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 96% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Safari/WebKit ships on all Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices globally.
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment Vendor CIRCL VulDB

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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
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· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
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