{"id":"CVE-2026-113906","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-113906"],"related":[],"title":"Apple iOS and iPadOS: null pointer dereference enables denial-of-service from nearby","description":"A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2. An attacker in physical proximity may be able to cause a denial-of-service.","summary":"A null pointer dereference in iOS and iPadOS can crash the operating system or an app. An attacker in physical proximity can cause a denial-of-service, and the sources describe no code execution.","severity":"low","cvss":null,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["apple-devices","infrastructure","ios","ipados"],"not_affected_if":["already-on-fixed-version"],"how_to_check":"- Open Settings > General > About on each iPhone or iPad and read the iOS or iPadOS version.\n- Check the reported version against `26.7.2` (iOS/iPadOS 26 line) or `27.2` (iOS/iPadOS 27 line).","fix":"- Update iOS and iPadOS to `26.7.2` on the 26 line, or to `27.2` on the 27 line.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-26T21:18:07+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-26T21:20:31+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-26T21:22:00+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-26T21:22:00+00:00","category":"infrastructure","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-26T21:22:00Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Update iOS and iPadOS to `26.7.2` on the 26 line, or to `27.2` on the 27 line.","reach":"local","title":"Apple iOS and iPadOS: null pointer dereference enables denial-of-service from nearby","impact":"low","summary":"A null pointer dereference in iOS and iPadOS can crash the operating system or an app. An attacker in physical proximity can cause a denial-of-service, and the sources describe no code execution.","category":"infrastructure","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["ios","ipados","apple-devices"],"confidence":0.6,"needs_auth":"unknown","worst_case":"Device or app crashes, causing denial-of-service for nearby users.","analyst_note":"","how_to_check":"- Open Settings > General > About on each iPhone or iPad and read the iOS or iPadOS version.\n- Check the reported version against `26.7.2` (iOS/iPadOS 26 line) or `27.2` (iOS/iPadOS 27 line).","needs_analyst":false,"not_affected_if":["already-on-fixed-version"],"who_is_affected":"Owners of iPhones and iPads running iOS or iPadOS builds older than the fixed versions. The sources do not describe any server-side or developer-facing exposure, so teams running only managed servers or non-Apple fleets can skip it.","user_interaction":"unknown","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"low"},"cost_usd":0.000581,"input_tokens":3281,"output_tokens":506,"severity_before":"unknown"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-113906':17A,20A '-2026':16A,19A '26.7.2':77C,80C '27.2':82C,85C 'abl':93C 'address':67C 'app':42B 'appl':1A,22B 'apple-devic':21B 'attack':44B,87C 'caus':49B,95C 'code':60B 'crash':36B 'cve':15A,18A 'denial':10A,52B,98C 'denial-of-servic':9A,51B,97C 'derefer':7A,30B,65C 'describ':58B 'devic':23B 'enabl':8A 'execut':61B 'fix':74C 'improv':69C 'infrastructur':24B 'io':2A,25B,32B,76C,81C 'ipado':4A,26B,34B,79C,84C 'issu':72C 'may':91C 'nearbi':14A 'null':5A,28B,63C 'oper':38B 'physic':46B,89C 'pointer':6A,29B,64C 'proxim':47B,90C 'servic':12A,54B,100C 'sourc':57B 'system':39B 'valid':70C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Owners of iPhones and iPads running iOS or iPadOS builds older than the fixed versions. The sources do not describe any server-side or developer-facing exposure, so teams running only managed servers or non-Apple fleets can skip it.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-26T21:18:07+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":null,"cvss_by":null,"poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-113906","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113906","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-26T21:18:07+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-26T21:18:07+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-26T21:20:31+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-26T21:20:31+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}