A certificate validation issue was addressed with improved certificate validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 a…

cve CVE-2026-86881 1 source, 1 claim · Watch

NVD writes:
A certificate validation issue was addressed with improved certificate validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. An attacker with a compromised intermediate certificate authority may be able to issue certificates with arbitrary extended key usages. the claim
Severity
CRITICAL NVD
CVSS
9.1 NVD
Fixed in
26.7, 27, 15.8 NVD
Vendor
Apple NVD
Product
iOS and iPadOS NVD
CWE
CWE-295 NVD

How far exploitation has got

  1. No public code known
  2. Proof of concept
  3. Proof of concept, verified
  4. A Metasploit module
  5. Exploited in the wild
  6. Used in ransomware campaigns

Timeline

2026-09-14first spoke of it: A certificate validation issue was addressed with improved certificate validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. An attacker with a compromised intermediate certificate authority may be able to issue certificates with arbitrary extended key usages.NVD

A certificate validation issue was addressed with improved certificate validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. An attacker with a compromised intermediate certificate authority may be able to issue certificates with arbitrary extended key usages.

What it is to other things

affectsapple/ipados
NVD
affectsapple/iphone_os
NVD
affectsapple/macos
NVD
affectsapple/tvos
NVD
affectsapple/visionos
NVD
affectsapple/watchos
NVD
made_byapple
NVD

In words only, so not counted until a person confirms one:

affectsapple/ios_and_ipados
NVD says “Apple · iOS and iPadOS”
Every value, with what each source said and its receipt
PropertySourceSaidMeans here
Automatable
automatable
NVDyes
An attacker can reliably run all of the kill chain's first four steps without a person.
receipt
Source
NVD
Its words
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Read by
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Said since
2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered
2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original
open at the source
2026-10-06 12:31 UTCyes
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC—
What the source handed over
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2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered
2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original
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2026-10-06 12:31 UTCCWE-295
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC—
What the source handed over
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Said since
2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered
2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original
open at the source
2026-10-06 12:31 UTCnone
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC—
What the source handed over
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2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered
2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original
open at the source
2026-10-06 12:31 UTC26.7, 27, 15.8
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC—
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2026-09-29 17:49 UTC
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open at the source
2026-09-29 17:49 UTCiOS and iPadOS
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2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered
2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original
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2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
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}
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vulnerability

A certificate validation issue was addressed with improved certificate validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. An attacker with a compromised intermediate certificate authority may be able to issue certificates with arbitrary extended key usages.
zetlyn/cve-nvd · 2026-09-14
automatable yes cvss 9.1 cvss_vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N cwe CWE-295 exploitation none fixed_in 26.7, 27, 15.8 product iOS and iPadOS severity CRITICAL status Analyzed technical_impact total vendor Apple source