Process crash via WebKit memory handling
Published May 11, 2026 · Updated May 11, 2026
Memory corruption in WebKit in Apple operating systems before 26.5 allows remote attackers to crash a process via crafted web content. Apple identifies faulty memory handling in WebKit but has not published the specific operation performed incorrectly on attacker-controlled content. Exploitation requires the content to be processed, and the documented consequence is an availability-only process crash.
Summary
What happened
Memory corruption in WebKit in Apple operating systems before 26.5 allows remote attackers to crash a process via crafted web content. Apple identifies faulty memory handling in WebKit but has not published the specific operation performed incorrectly on attacker-controlled content. Exploitation requires the content to be processed, and the documented consequence is an availability-only process crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-28902
- Published
- May 11, 2026
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- CWE-119, T1204
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <26.5
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