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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-28950Published 2026-04-22

CVE-2026-28950 — Apple iOS and iPadOS

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As of 2026-04-23, CVE-2026-28950 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in Apple iOS and iPadOS, CVSS v3.1 6.2, EPSS 0.0% (1.9th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-28950, most recently “Apple iOS/iPadOS Notification Services Data Retention Zero-Day (CVE-2026-28950) — Exploited In-The-Wild for Forensic Extraction of Signal Messages”.

CVSS v3.1
6.2/10Medium
EPSS
0.0%Higher than 1.9% of scored CVEs
CISA KEV
NoNot in the KEV catalog
Tracked threats
1Campaigns referencing it
Priority
3.2/10Threadlinqs triage score
Published
Updated 2026-04-23
CVSS v3.1 6.2 (MEDIUM) · EPSS 0.0% (higher than 1.9% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 3.2/10 · Published 2026-04-22

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What is CVE-2026-28950?

A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction. Notifications marked for deletion could be unexpectedly retained.

The record classifies CVE-2026-28950 under weakness class CWE-359. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality. 2 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 166 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
6.2 — MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS (FIRST)
0.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.9% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority
3.2/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published
2026-04-22, last modified 2026-04-23

Is CVE-2026-28950 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 5 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

  • Apple: iOS and iPadOS, iPadOS

How to fix CVE-2026-28950

The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2026-28950. Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/127002. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-28950

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-28950, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Seeded from nvd and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.