CVE-2026-43672 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

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

No data.

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/128067
https://support.apple.com/en-us/128071
https://support.apple.com/en-us/128072

History

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	Authorization Bypass Allowing Privacy Preference Override in macOS
Weaknesses	CWE-269 CWE-284

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		Authorization Bypass Allowing Privacy Preference Override in macOS
Weaknesses		CWE-269 CWE-284 CWE-863
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:45:00 +0000

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

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/128067 https://support.apple.com/en-us/128071 https://support.apple.com/en-us/128072

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2026-07-27T20:14:31.558Z

Updated: 2026-07-28T15:22:49.290Z

Reserved: 2026-05-01T22:46:21.640Z

Link: CVE-2026-43672

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-28T15:22:43.201Z

NVD

No data.

Redhat

No data.

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