CVE-2026-28971

The issue was addressed with improved UI handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.5, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, visionOS 26.5. A malicious iframe may use another website’s download settings.

Published: 2026-05-11 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-28971 is rated Low Risk (18.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-28971

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-12 0.02%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-28971

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-28971

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-28971

GHSA-rjgv-f67w-7wg6 · Severity: medium — The issue was addressed with improved UI handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-28971

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple ipados < 26.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os < 26.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos >= 26.0, < 26.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple visionos < 26.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-28971

URL Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127110 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127115 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127120 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127121
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