CVE-2026-86881

critical

Description

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.

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149041

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149038

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149037

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149036

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149034

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-14

Updated: 2026-09-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00145