CVE-2026-28942

Overview

Advisory: Apple Security Advisory

Impact:

Description: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash

Researchers: Milad Nasr and Nicholas Carlini with Claude, Anthropic

Attribute Value
CVE CVE-2026-28942
Bugzilla 312180
Component WebCore
Bug Class UAF
Severity medium
Commit 70753442a3d86ab5…
Advisory Apple Advisory

Root Cause Analysis

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

Files Changed

Source Files

  • Source/WebCore/html/HTMLDialogElement.cpp

Test Files

  • LayoutTests/fast/html/dialog-close-from-button-crash-expected.txt
  • LayoutTests/fast/html/dialog-close-from-button-crash.html