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Denial-of-Service in Apple Calendar via Resource Exhaustion

IdentifiersCVE-2026-28872CWE-400· Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVE-2026-28872 is a resource exhaustion vulnerability in the Calendar component on Apple platforms. Apple states that the issue was addressed through improved input validation. A remote attacker may be able to trigger excessive resource consumption in Calendar, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. The issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, as well as iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4.

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Successful exploitation may allow a remote attacker to cause denial of service against the affected device or the vulnerable Calendar component, leading to loss of availability, process termination, hangs, or degraded functionality associated with Calendar processing.

Mitigation

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If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure to untrusted remote content or inputs that may be processed by Calendar. Because the available information does not provide a specific attack vector beyond remote reachability, no precise compensating control is currently available beyond standard hardening, limiting exposure to untrusted data sources, and prioritizing vendor updates.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Apply the vendor-provided fixes by updating affected devices to iOS 18.7.9 or iPadOS 18.7.9, or to iOS 26.4 or iPadOS 26.4, as applicable. Apple indicates the issue was remediated by improved input validation in the affected component.
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