CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-28915
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-11
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
Affected configurations
• apple macos (>= 14.0 < 14.8.7)
• apple macos (>= 15.0 < 15.7.7)
• apple macos (>= 26.0 < 26.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127115 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127116 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127117 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory