CVE-2026-43721

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.5.2, iOS 26.5.2 and iPadOS 26.5.2, macOS Tahoe 26.5.2. A malicious website may be able to silently hijack clipboard data.

Published: 2026-06-29 Last update: 2026-06-30 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-43721 is rated Low Risk (27.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-43721

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 2026-06-30 0.16%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-43721

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-43721

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-43721

GHSA-w4j5-xp5j-wg64 · Severity: high — This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.5.2,...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-43721

vendor priority summary link
debian end-of-life CVE-2026-43721 end-of-life priority: Debian including 2 source packages (webkit2gtk, wpewebkit), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 7, resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43721
suse high https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43721/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-43721

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple safari < 26.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados < 26.5.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os < 26.5.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos >= 26.0, < 26.5.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-43721

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