Apple CoreGraphics PoC Emerges as WhatsApp PDF Checks Hint at Possible Delivery Path

Se­cu­rity re­sear­chers have pu­blished the first pu­blic proof-of-con­cept for CVE-2026-86950, an Apple Co­re­Graphics flaw Apple says may have been used in at­tacks against spe­ci­fic tar­ge­ted in­di­vi­duals. The trig­ger is a ma­li­cious PDF with a craf­ted em­bed­ded font that crashes un­pat­ched iPho­nes and Macs. The code cau­ses a crash, not an execu­tion error. Tur­ning the me­mory co­rrup­tion into a wor­king…