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Clipboard hijacking in WebKit Storage

IdentifiersCVE-2026-43721CWE-362

CVE-2026-43721 is a state management vulnerability in WebKit Storage affecting Safari, iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Tahoe. Apple states that a malicious website may be able to silently hijack clipboard data. The issue was addressed through improved state management and is fixed in Safari 26.5.2, iOS 26.5.2, iPadOS 26.5.2, and macOS Tahoe 26.5.2.

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Impact, mitigation & remediation

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Impact

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Successful exploitation may allow a malicious website to silently access or take control of clipboard data, resulting in unauthorized disclosure and manipulation of copied content. This could expose sensitive information present on the clipboard and enable clipboard substitution or interception without the user's awareness.

Mitigation

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

Until patches can be applied, reduce exposure by limiting visits to untrusted websites, restricting browser use for sensitive workflows that involve copying confidential data, and using platform or enterprise controls that limit or isolate web content where available. Definitive mitigation information beyond patching is not provided in the available content.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade 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.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

Exploits

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No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.

EXPOSURE SURFACE

Affected products & vendors

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AppleIpadosoperating_system
AppleIphone Osoperating_system
AppleMacosoperating_system
AppleSafariapplication

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Associated malware

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Detection signatures

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Social activity2

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