A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

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Tue, 12 May 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation via macOS Permissions Issue
Weaknesses CWE-284

Tue, 12 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 12 May 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 11 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation via macOS Permissions Issue
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-284
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos

Mon, 11 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T13:32:06.032Z

Reserved: 2026-03-03T16:36:03.969Z

Link: CVE-2026-28840

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T13:31:58.447Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-11T21:18:51.307

Modified: 2026-05-12T15:46:08.190

Link: CVE-2026-28840

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T16:30:19Z

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