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Posted on 12 May 2026
Apple Security-announceAPPLE-SA-05-11-2026-11 visionOS 26.5
visionOS 26.5 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127120.
Apple maintains a Security Releases page at
https://support.apple.com/100100 which lists recent
software updates with security advisories.
Accelerate
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-28991: Seiji Sakurai (@HeapSmasher)
Accounts
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional
restrictions.
CVE-2026-28988: Asaf Cohen
APFS
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-28959: Dave G.
App Intents
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2026-28995: Vamshi Paili, Tony Gorez (@tonygo_) for Reverse Society
AppleJPEG
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a
denial-of-service
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple
Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a
third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2026-1837
AppleJPEG
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted media file may lead to
unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-28956: impost0r (ret2plt)
Audio
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing an audio stream in a maliciously crafted media file
may terminate the process
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-39869: David Ige of Beryllium Security
CoreAnimation
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with
improved state management.
CVE-2026-28964: Alan Wang, Christopher W. Fletcher, Hovav Shacham, David
Kohlbrenner, Riccardo Paccagnella
CoreServices
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app
termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28936: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs
CoreSymbolication
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted file may lead to an unexpected app
termination
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-28918: Niels Hofmans, Anonymous working with TrendAI Zero Day
Initiative
FileProvider
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2026-43659: Alex Radocea
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app
termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2026-28977: Suresh Sundaram
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may corrupt process
memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-28990: Jiri Ha, Arni Hardarson
IOHIDFamily
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination
Description: A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with
improved locking.
CVE-2026-28992: Johnny Franks (@zeroxjf)
IOKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
CVE-2026-28969: Mihalis Haatainen, Ari Hawking, Ashish Kunwar
Kernel
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43654: Vaagn Vardanian, Nathaniel Oh (@calysteon)
Kernel
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or read kernel memory
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-28897: popku1337, Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng
(@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd., Robert Tran, Aswin kumar
Gokulakannan
Kernel
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
write kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
input validation.
CVE-2026-28972: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927)
of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd., Ryan Hileman via Xint Code (xint.io)
LaunchServices
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28983: Ruslan Dautov
mDNSResponder
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system
termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
CVE-2026-43668: Anton Pakhunov, Ricardo Prado
mDNSResponder
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An attacker on the local network may be able to cause a
denial-of-service
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43666: Ian van der Wurff (ian.nl)
Model I/O
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may corrupt process
memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-28940: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of TrendAI Zero Day
Initiative
Networking
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An attacker may be able to track users through their IP address
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2026-28906: Ilya Sc. Jowell A.
SceneKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected app
termination
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-28846: Peter Malone
Shortcuts
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: This issue was addressed by adding an additional prompt for
user consent.
CVE-2026-28993: Doron Assness
Spotlight
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent
unauthorized actions.
CVE-2026-28974: Andy Koo (@andykoo) of Hexens
Status Bar
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to capture a user's screen
Description: An issue with app access to camera metadata was addressed
with improved logic.
CVE-2026-28957: Adriatik Raci
Storage
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2026-28996: Alex Radocea
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content
Security Policy from being enforced
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved logic.
WebKit Bugzilla: 308906
CVE-2026-43660: Cantina
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content
Security Policy from being enforced
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 308675
CVE-2026-28907: Cantina
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose
sensitive user information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
WebKit Bugzilla: 309698
CVE-2026-28962: Luke Francis, Vaagn Vardanian, kwak kiyong / kakaogames,
Vitaly Simonovich, Adel Bouachraoui, greenbynox
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected Safari crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 307669
CVE-2026-43658: Do Young Park
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 308545
CVE-2026-28905: Yuhao Hu, Yuanming Lai, Chenggang Wu, and Zhe Wang
WebKit Bugzilla: 308707
CVE-2026-28847: DARKNAVY (@DarkNavyOrg), Anonymous working with TrendAI
Zero Day Initiative, Daniel Rhea
WebKit Bugzilla: 309601
CVE-2026-28904: Luka Ra=C4=8Dki
WebKit Bugzilla: 310880
CVE-2026-28955: wac and Kookhwan Lee working with TrendAI Zero Day
Initiative
WebKit Bugzilla: 310303
CVE-2026-28903: Mateusz Krzywicki (iVerify.io)
WebKit Bugzilla: 309628
CVE-2026-28953: Maher Azzouzi
WebKit Bugzilla: 309861
CVE-2026-28902: Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security,
Nathaniel Oh (@calysteon)
WebKit Bugzilla: 310207
CVE-2026-28901: Aisle offensive security research team (Joshua Rogers,
Luigino Camastra, Igor Morgenstern, and Guido Vranken), Maher Azzouzi,
Ngan Nguyen of Calif.io
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 313939
CVE-2026-28883: kwak kiyong / kakaogames
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved data protection.
WebKit Bugzilla: 311228
CVE-2026-28958: Cantina
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: A malicious iframe may use another website=E2=80=99s download =settings
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 311288
CVE-2026-28971: Khiem Tran
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected Safari crash
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 312180
CVE-2026-28942: Milad Nasr and Nicholas Carlini with Claude, Anthropic
WebKit Bugzilla: 310234
CVE-2026-28947: dr3dd
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 310527
CVE-2026-28917: Vitaly Simonovich
WebRTC
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 311131
CVE-2026-28944: Kenneth Hsu of Palo Alto Networks, J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me =DJOUDER, dr3dd
zlib
Available for: Apple Vision Pro (all models)
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may leak sensitive data
Description: An information leakage was addressed with additional
validation.
CVE-2026-28920: Brendon Tiszka of Google Project Zero
Additional recognition
App Intents
We would like to acknowledge Mikael Kinnman for their assistance.
Apple Account
We would like to acknowledge Iv=C3=A1n Savransky, YingQi Shi (@Mas0nShi) =of
DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab for their assistance.
AuthKit
We would like to acknowledge Gongyu Ma (@Mezone0) for their assistance.
CoreUI
We would like to acknowledge Mustafa Calap =E2=80=8B for their =assistance.
ICU
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their
assistance.
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Ryan Hileman via Xint Code (xint.io), an
anonymous researcher for their assistance.
libnetcore
We would like to acknowledge Chris Staite and David Hardy of Menlo
Security Inc for their assistance.
Libnotify
We would like to acknowledge Ilias Morad (@A2nkF_) for their assistance.
Location
We would like to acknowledge Kun Peeks (@SwayZGl1tZyyy) for their
assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Himanshu Bharti (@Xpl0itme) =46rom Khatima
for their assistance.
mDNSResponder
We would like to acknowledge Jason Grove for their assistance.
Notes
We would like to acknowledge Asilbek Salimov for their assistance.
Siri
We would like to acknowledge Yoav Magid for their assistance.
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge Muhammad Zaid Ghifari (Mr.ZheeV),
Kalimantan Utara, Qadhafy Muhammad Tera, Vitaly Simonovich for their
assistance.
WebRTC
We would like to acknowledge Hyeonji Son (@jir4vv1t) of Demon Team for
their assistance.
Instructions on how to update visionOS are available at
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214009
To check the software version on your Apple Vision Pro, open the
Settings app and choose General > About.
All information is also posted on the Apple Security Releases
web site: https://support.apple.com/100100.
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