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CVE-2026-112671 — Apple IPADOS

HIGH

CVE-2026-112671 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-770 vulnerability in apple ipados. A fix is available — see the affected versions and patch details below.

A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS…

Published
Updated
Affected
4 products
Patched
See advisory
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 3, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs29th percentile — riskier than 29% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.28%0.57%0.85%0.4%0.4%Nov 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

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Description

A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, visionOS 27.2. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

Affected Products

4 products · 8 configurations
OS
ipadosapple
≥ 27.0 && < 27.2
range
OS
iphone osapple
≥ 27.0 && < 27.2
range
OS
macosapple
≥ 27.0 && < 27.2
range
OS
visionosapple
< 27.2
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Vendor / appliance

  1. Detect

    Inventory every apple ipados deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.

  2. Fix

    Apply the apple ipados security patch or hotfix for CVE-2026-112671 on the affected version, following the vendor advisory for your exact build.

  3. Workarounds

    Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.

Frequently Asked Questions

A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, visionOS 27.2. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service.
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CVE-2026-112671: Apple IPADOS (High 7.5)