Physical data access via Visual Intelligence
Published May 11, 2026 · Updated May 11, 2026
Information disclosure in Screenshots in Apple iOS and iPadOS before 26.5 allows physically proximate attackers to access sensitive user data. Visual Intelligence exposes the data during iPhone Mirroring; Apple has not published the specific code path or data-handling error beyond stating that vulnerable code was removed. Exploitation requires physical access to an iPhone 15 or later while iPhone Mirroring is in use, and the documented impact is data access only.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Screenshots in Apple iOS and iPadOS before 26.5 allows physically proximate attackers to access sensitive user data. Visual Intelligence exposes the data during iPhone Mirroring; Apple has not published the specific code path or data-handling error beyond stating that vulnerable code was removed. Exploitation requires physical access to an iPhone 15 or later while iPhone Mirroring is in use, and the documented impact is data access only.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-28963
- Published
- May 11, 2026
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- physical
- 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.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <26.5
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