CVE-2026-28848General(apple / macos)

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch apple macos systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-121

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • macos

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-05-12); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
macos

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-05-12: 1Mentions · 2026-05-29: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-05-29: 105-1205-29
Signal classification2 categories
General
150.0%
Patch
150.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Classification over time
DateTotalLabels
2026-05-121
General1
2026-05-291
Patch1
Full discourse2 posts
  • VulDB 🛡@vuldb
    General

    A new vulnerability with increased severity was disclosed for Apple macOS (CVE-2026-28848) https://vuldb.com/vuln/362782

    Post summary

    A new Apple macOS vulnerability (CVE-2026-28848) with increased severity has been disclosed, with further details linked to a VULDB entry.

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  • Alex Rad@defendtheworld
    Patch

    @yo_yo_yo_jbo heres one: dave and i found CVE-2025-24269 which was patched incorrectly and misattributed in https://blog.calif.io/p/mad-bugs-an-apple-kernel-bug-brought as CVE-2026-28825 (a silent? patch correctly fixed with CVE-2026-28848)

    Post summary

    The post notes that CVE‑2025‑24269 was patched incorrectly and misattributed, and that the issue was properly resolved with a patch in CVE‑2026‑28848.

    10010106
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