A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. An attacker with physical access may be able to silently persist an Apple Account on an erased device.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
References
| Link | Providers |
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| https://support.apple.com/en-us/128072 |
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History
Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Title | Apple Account Persistence on Erased macOS Devices |
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:45:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-359 | |
| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Title | Physical Access Enables Silent Apple Account Persistence on Erased macOS Devices | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-284 |
Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Title | Physical Access Enables Silent Apple Account Persistence on Erased macOS Devices | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-284 |
Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared |
Apple
Apple macos |
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| Vendors & Products |
Apple
Apple macos |
Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000
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| Description | A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. An attacker with physical access may be able to silently persist an Apple Account on an erased device. | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apple
Published: 2026-09-14T20:48:58.078Z
Updated: 2026-09-17T15:14:00.363Z
Reserved: 2026-03-03T16:36:03.969Z
Link: CVE-2026-28836
Updated: 2026-09-17T15:13:09.955Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-09-14T21:17:05.047
Modified: 2026-09-18T14:38:19.130
Link: CVE-2026-28836
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