🛡️ CVE-2026-20635 — ipados

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-119 NVD
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Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.3, iOS 18.7.5 and iPadOS 18.7.5, iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3, macOS Tahoe 26.3, tvOS 26.3, visionOS 26.3, watchOS 26.3. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-20635 is classified as CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds. A read or write is performed without confirming it stays inside the allocated buffer, corrupting adjacent memory.

Affected software

CVE-2026-20635 is recorded against 10 packages.

  • ipados (from 26.0 up to 26.3)
  • iphone-os (from 26.0 up to 26.3)
  • java
  • java-min
  • jre
  • macos (fixed in 26.3)
  • safari (fixed in 26.3)
  • tvos (fixed in 26.3)
  • visionos (fixed in 26.3)
  • watchos (fixed in 26.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 11 February 2026 and last revised on 15 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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CVE-2026-20635 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE CWE-119
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-02-11
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-15
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ipados 26.0 26.3
iphone-os 26.0 26.3
java
java-min
jre
macos 26.3
safari 26.3
tvos 26.3
visionos 26.3
watchos 26.3

References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/126346
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/126347
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/126348
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/126351
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/126352
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/126353
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/126354

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