CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-20614
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-02-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26.3. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
Affected configurations
• apple macos (>= 14.0 < 14.8.4)
• apple macos (>= 15.0 < 15.7.4)
• apple macos (>= 26.0 < 26.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126348 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126349 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126350 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory