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WebKit Content Security Policy enforcement bypass in Apple Safari and Apple platforms

IdentifiersCVE-2026-28907CWE-20· Improper Input Validation

CVE-2026-28907 is a WebKit vulnerability in Apple platforms where processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy (CSP) from being enforced. Apple states the issue was addressed with improved input validation, indicating the flaw is tied to insufficient validation during web-content processing in WebKit. The issue affects Safari and WebKit consumers across multiple Apple operating systems, including Safari 26.5, iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, and watchOS 26.5.

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Impact, mitigation & remediation

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Impact

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Successful exploitation can cause CSP protections to be bypassed or not enforced for attacker-controlled web content. This weakens browser-side security boundaries intended to restrict script execution and resource loading, potentially enabling follow-on attacks that rely on defeating site CSP policy, such as execution of otherwise blocked script, loading of disallowed resources, or broader compromise of web application security assumptions within the affected browsing context.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

Until patches are applied, reduce exposure by limiting access to untrusted web content, especially in Safari or applications embedding WebKit. Enterprise controls such as web filtering, restricting browsing to trusted sites, and minimizing use of affected devices for high-risk browsing can reduce likelihood of exploitation. No complete mitigation short of applying Apple's updates is available from the provided information.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Apply the vendor fixes provided by Apple. Apple states this issue is fixed in Safari 26.5, iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, and watchOS 26.5. On macOS Sonoma and macOS Sequoia, install Safari 26.5. On other affected Apple platforms, update to the corresponding fixed OS release.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

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EXPOSURE SURFACE

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AppleIpadosoperating_system
AppleIphone Osoperating_system
AppleMacosoperating_system
AppleMacos Tahoeoperating_system
AppleTvosoperating_system
AppleVisionosoperating_system
AppleWatchosoperating_system
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Threat actor evidence

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Associated malware

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Detection signatures

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Vendor-by-vendor mapping

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