CVE-2026-43689

⚠️ high

Summary

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, visionOS 27. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

CVSS Score

7.8

High

EPSS Score

0.2

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-09-14

First Seen: 2026-09-16

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 68.5% of all 358,566 vulnerabilities in our database.

#112,783

Above average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Sep 14, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Total

Complete system compromise possible

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-09-15

Source NVD 🔗

CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-862

📦 Affected Products 4

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
apple	iphone_os	Affected	< 26.7
apple	ipados	Affected	< 26.7
apple	macos	Affected	< 27.0
apple	visionos	Affected	< 27.0

🔗 References 4

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149034

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149038

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149041

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

🔗 Related CVEs 6

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CVE-2026-28960	⚠️ high	7.5	0.4	A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.10 and iPadOS 18.7.10....	2026-09-14
CVE-2026-43664	🔶 medium	5.5	0.2	This issue was addressed with improved data protection. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPad...	2026-09-14
CVE-2026-43684	⚠️ high	7.8	0.2	A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, m...	2026-09-14
CVE-2026-43686	⚠️ high	8.8	0.4	A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, i...	2026-09-14
CVE-2026-43687	🔶 medium	6.5	0.4	The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadO...	2026-09-14
CVE-2026-64714	🔶 medium	5.5	0.2	A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.10 and iPadOS 18....	2026-09-14

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