CVE-2026-28938

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-14. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A privacy issue was addressed by moving sensitive data. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6. An app may be able to fingerprint the user.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(high)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
21%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 14, 2026

Last Modified

September 17, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 16, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

About the security content of iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/128066

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-28938(1)

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

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 23× 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.

  1. 2026-09-19 10:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-18 21:15 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-18 21:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-18 07:50 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-18 07:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-17 19:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-17 18:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-17 15:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-17 02:42 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-17 02:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-16 13:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-16 12:46 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.50
  16. 2026-09-16 12:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-16 12:45 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
  18. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-15 15:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-14 21:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-14 21:22 UTCNVD update
  22. 2026-09-14 21:00 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-14 20:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-28938?
CVE-2026-28938 is a high vulnerability published on September 14, 2026. A privacy issue was addressed by moving sensitive data. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6. An app may be able to fingerprint the user.
When was CVE-2026-28938 disclosed?
CVE-2026-28938 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 14, 2026, with the most recent update on September 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-28938 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-28938 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 78.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-28938?
CVE-2026-28938 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-28938?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-28938, 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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