Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-116262 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-116262 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-116262?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.4, published 26 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-116262?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-116262 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-116262?
- Check whether you run Libimobiledevice at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the webinspector_receive_with_timeout function in src/webinspector.c of libimobiledevice. The vulnerability can be triggered remotely without requiring authentication. Successful exploitation could lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution.
Affected products
- libimobiledevice libimobiledevice up to 1.4.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-26: disclosed
- 2026-10-26: advisory