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    1 vulnerability found for APPLE-SA-02-11-2026-7 watchOS by Apple

    GCVE-1988-2026-0222

    Vulnerability from gna-1988 – Published: 2026-09-08 07:57 – Updated: 2026-09-09 10:07
    VLAI
    Title
    APPLE-SA-02-11-2026-7 watchOS 26.3
    Summary
    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 APPLE-SA-02-11-2026-7 watchOS 26.3 watchOS 26.3 addresses the following issues. Information about the security content is also available at https://support.apple.com/126352. Apple maintains a Security Releases page at https://support.apple.com/100100 which lists recent software updates with security advisories. Bluetooth Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to perform denial-of-service attack using crafted Bluetooth packets Description: A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2026-20650: jioundai CoreAudio Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted media file may lead to unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2026-20611: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative CoreMedia Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial-of- service or potentially disclose memory contents Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2026-20609: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit) CoreServices Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. CVE-2026-20617: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman), Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Iru CoreServices Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data Description: An issue existed in the handling of environment variables. This issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2026-20627: an anonymous researcher dyld Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: An attacker with memory write capability may be able to execute arbitrary code. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 26. CVE-2025-14174 and CVE-2025-43529 were also issued in response to this report. Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2026-20700: Google Threat Analysis Group Game Center Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: A user may be able to view sensitive user information Description: A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction. CVE-2026-20649: Asaf Cohen ImageIO Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to disclosure of user information Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. CVE-2026-20675: George Karchemsky (@gkarchemsky) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative ImageIO Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in disclosure of process memory Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2026-20634: George Karchemsky (@gkarchemsky) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative Kernel Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2026-20654: Jian Lee (@speedyfriend433) Kernel Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to intercept network traffic Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2026-20671: Xin'an Zhou, Juefei Pu, Zhutian Liu, Zhiyun Qian, Zhaowei Tan, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, Mathy Vanhoef libexpat Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial-of- service Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org. CVE-2025-59375 libxpc Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2026-20667: an anonymous researcher Sandbox Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. CVE-2026-20628: Noah Gregory (wts.dev) StoreKit Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: An app may be able to identify what other apps a user has installed Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2026-20641: Gongyu Ma (@Mezone0) WebKit Available for: Apple Watch Series 6 and later Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. WebKit Bugzilla: 304661 CVE-2026-20635: EntryHi Additional recognition Bluetooth We would like to acknowledge Tommaso Sacchetti for their assistance. Kernel We would like to acknowledge Joseph Ravichandran (@0xjprx) of MIT CSAIL, Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab for their assistance. libpthread We would like to acknowledge Fabiano Anemone for their assistance. NetworkExtension We would like to acknowledge Gongyu Ma (@Mezone0) for their assistance. Transparency We would like to acknowledge Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog) for their assistance. Wallet We would like to acknowledge Lorenzo Santina (@BigNerd95) and Marco Bartoli (@wsxarcher) for their assistance. WebKit We would like to acknowledge EntryHi, Luigino Camastra of Aisle Research, Stanislav Fort of Aisle Research, Vsevolod Kokorin (Slonser) of Solidlab and Jorian Woltjer for their assistance. Instructions on how to update your Apple Watch software are available at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204641 To check the version on your Apple Watch, open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and select "My Watch > General > About". Alternatively, on your watch, select "My Watch > General > About". All information is also posted on the Apple Security Releases web site: https://support.apple.com/100100. 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    Severity
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    Impacted products
    Relationships
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