🛡️ CVE-2026-64722 — ipados

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, 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 high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-64722 is classified as CWE-120: Classic Buffer Overflow. Input is copied into a fixed-size buffer without a length check, overwriting memory past the end of it.

Affected software

CVE-2026-64722 is recorded against 3 packages.

• ipados (fixed in 26.6)
• iphone-os (fixed in 26.6)
• macos (from 26.0 up to 26.6)

Timeline and source

Published on 27 July 2026 and last revised on 17 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

ipados has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-64743 (6.5 Medium, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-43816 (5.5 Medium, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64774 (9.8 Critical, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-43797 (5.5 Medium, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64725 (7.1 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64755 (5.5 Medium, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64693 (5.5 Medium, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64733 (9.8 Critical, published 27 Jul 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-120: Classic Buffer Overflow) in other software:

• CVE-2019-5064 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29210 (5.0 Medium, published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2021-41499 (8.0 High, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29974 (4.3 Medium, published 9 Dec 2024)
• CVE-2022-20846 (4.3 Medium, published 15 Nov 2024)
• CVE-2022-32504 (9.8 Critical, published 14 May 2024)
• CVE-2022-24805 (6.5 Medium, published 16 Apr 2024)
• CVE-2022-24807 (6.5 Medium, published 16 Apr 2024)

Details

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