CVE-2026-113897 — SAFARI
CRITICALCVE-2026-113897 is a critical-severity (CVSS 10) CWE-693 vulnerability in Apple Safari. A fix is available — see the affected versions and patch details below.
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in Safari 27.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, visionOS 27.2. A remote attacker may…
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-113897.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Description
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in Safari 27.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, visionOS 27.2. A remote attacker may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox.
Affected Products
SafariAppleiOS and iPadOSApplemacOSApplevisionOSAppleDetection & mitigation playbook
Vendor / applianceDetect
Inventory every Apple Safari deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.
Fix
Apply the Apple Safari security patch or hotfix for CVE-2026-113897 on the affected version, following the vendor advisory for your exact build.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-113897 being exploited in your environment?
Detect and block the exploit chain at execution, on systems you cannot patch yet.