CVE-2026-86881 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149034
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149036
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149037
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149038
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149041
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043

History

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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/149034 https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035 https://support.apple.com/en-us/149036 https://support.apple.com/en-us/149037 https://support.apple.com/en-us/149038 https://support.apple.com/en-us/149041 https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042 https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2026-09-14T20:47:49.094Z

Updated: 2026-09-14T20:47:49.094Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T16:43:41.871Z

Link: CVE-2026-86881

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-14T21:17:39.010

Modified: 2026-09-14T21:17:39.010

Link: CVE-2026-86881

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