Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-28925

High

Published: 11 May 2026

Published
11 May 2026
Modified
12 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0002 4.1th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-28925 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 4.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Threat & Defense Details

Likely Mitigating ControlsAI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

NVD Description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-120

References