CVE-2026-28942

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-11. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
6.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.5, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EPSS
37.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 11, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated May 13, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

About the security content of Safari 26.5 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/127121
generic

About the security content of visionOS 26.5 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/127120
generic

About the security content of watchOS 26.5 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/127119
generic

About the security content of tvOS 26.5 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/127118
generic

About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.5 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/127115
generic

About the security content of iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/127110

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-28942(10)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(9)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.52.4-1.el9_62026-06-25redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.52.4-1.el8_62026-06-23redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.52.4-1.el9_22026-06-23redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.52.4-1.el9_42026-06-23redhat
redhatwebkitgtk4-0:2.52.4-1.el7_92026-06-22redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.52.4-1.el8_82026-06-22redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.52.4-1.el8_42026-06-22redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.52.4-1.el8_102026-06-15redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.52.4-1.el9_82026-06-15redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 52× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 124 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  4. 2026-06-28 08:42 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-06-28 08:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-06-27 09:00 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-06-27 09:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  11. 2026-06-26 04:20 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-06-26 04:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  31. 2026-06-16 07:10 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-06-16 07:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  34. 2026-06-15 01:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  36. 2026-06-14 01:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  40. 2026-06-12 22:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-06-11 23:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  43. 2026-06-11 00:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  47. 2026-06-10 00:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  55. 2026-06-07 02:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-28942?
CVE-2026-28942 is a medium vulnerability published on May 11, 2026. A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.5, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.
When was CVE-2026-28942 disclosed?
CVE-2026-28942 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 11, 2026, with the most recent update on July 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-28942 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-28942 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 37.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-28942?
CVE-2026-28942 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-28942?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-28942, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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