CVE-2026-28915 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127115
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127116
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127117

History

Wed, 13 May 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		Directory Path Parsing Issue Leading to Root Privilege Escalation

Wed, 13 May 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	Privilege Escalation via Improper Directory Path Validation in macOS
Weaknesses	CWE-284 CWE-613

Wed, 13 May 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-22
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 23:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos

Mon, 11 May 2026 22:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		Privilege Escalation via Improper Directory Path Validation in macOS
Weaknesses		CWE-284 CWE-613

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/127115 https://support.apple.com/en-us/127116 https://support.apple.com/en-us/127117

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2026-05-11T20:07:43.126Z

Updated: 2026-05-13T14:39:49.022Z

Reserved: 2026-03-03T16:36:03.985Z

Link: CVE-2026-28915

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T13:51:06.627Z

NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-11T21:18:54.000

Modified: 2026-05-13T16:16:37.910

Link: CVE-2026-28915

Redhat

No data.

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