Threat Pulse 62High
Apple security update: iOS 18.7.11 and iPadOS 18.7.11, CoreGraphics flaw may have been exploited
Severity 7PatchedconfirmedConsumer devices

Apple backported a CoreGraphics out-of-bounds write (CVE-2026-86950) to iOS and iPadOS 18 for older iPhones and iPads (iPhone XS and later). Apple says it may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions before iOS 27. Update older devices now.

· 10 days ago · Apple (support article 149225)
Why this score

Vendor's own advisory, added Oct 27 after an outside review found it missing. Machine rubric: impact 0, exploitability 3; set to 7 by the vendor-release floor.

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