CVE-2026-43691 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043

History

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		macOS Path Handling Flaw Allowing Privilege Escalation

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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

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

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-22
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR: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, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035 https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042 https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2026-09-14T20:51:01.066Z

Updated: 2026-09-15T03:56:22.920Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-43691

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T22:24:44.785Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-14T21:17:08.443

Modified: 2026-09-15T19:27:02.680

Link: CVE-2026-43691

Redhat

No data.

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