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Use-after-free in Apple Safari/WebKit web content processing

IdentifiersCVE-2026-43699CWE-416

CVE-2026-43699 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Apple’s web content processing stack affecting Safari, iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Tahoe. According to the provided advisory text, the flaw is triggered when processing maliciously crafted web content and was addressed through improved memory management. Apple indicates the issue could cause an unexpected process crash. No more specific vulnerable component or function is identified in the provided material.

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ANALYST BRIEF

Impact, mitigation & remediation

What it means. What to do now. Patch path, mitigations, and the assume-compromise checklist.

Impact

What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.

Successful exploitation may cause the targeted web content process or Safari-related process to crash while rendering or handling attacker-controlled web content. Based on the provided information, the documented impact is denial of service via unexpected process termination; no evidence is provided here of code execution or data disclosure for this specific CVE.

Mitigation

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

Until patches can be applied, reduce exposure by limiting access to untrusted or attacker-controlled web content, using least-privilege browsing contexts, and restricting use of affected Safari/WebKit-based browsing on vulnerable devices where feasible. The authoritative mitigation is to install the vendor-provided updates, as no specific workaround is provided in the supplied content.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade affected systems to the fixed releases identified by Apple: Safari 26.5.2, iOS 26.5.2, iPadOS 26.5.2, and macOS Tahoe 26.5.2. Apple states the issue was resolved with improved memory management.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

Exploits

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No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.

EXPOSURE SURFACE

Affected products & vendors

Products and vendors Mallory has correlated with this vulnerability. Open in Mallory to drill down to specific CPE configurations and version ranges.

VendorProductType
AppleIosoperating_system
AppleIpadosoperating_system
AppleMacosoperating_system
AppleSafariapplication

Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

5 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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Exposure mapping

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Threat actor evidence

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Associated malware

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Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

Vendor-by-vendor mapping

Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.

Social activity2

Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.

EXTERNAL REFERENCES
MITRE CVE
cve.org · CVE-2026-43699
NVD
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43699
MITRE CWE · CWE-416
cwe.mitre.org