A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, visionOS 27. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
History

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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Title Apple OSes Root Privilege Escalation via Permissions Bypass

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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Title Apple OSes Root Privilege Escalation via Permissions Bypass

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apple ipados
Apple iphone Os
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple ipados
Apple iphone Os

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apple
Apple ios And Ipados
Apple macos
Apple visionos
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple ios And Ipados
Apple macos
Apple visionos

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-862
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'}


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Description A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, visionOS 27. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2026-09-14T20:47:27.154Z

Updated: 2026-10-20T00:50:07.857Z

Reserved: 2026-05-01T22:46:21.642Z

Link: CVE-2026-43689

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T22:49:33.891Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-14T21:17:08.237

Modified: 2026-09-15T19:24:11.737

Link: CVE-2026-43689

cve-icon Redhat

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