A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
History

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Title MacOS Privilege Escalation via Permission Issue

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Title macOS Permission Escalation Vulnerability Leading to Root Privileges

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

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CPEs cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:45:00 +0000

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Title macOS Permission Escalation Vulnerability Leading to Root Privileges

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

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First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos

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

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Weaknesses CWE-280
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 macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2026-09-14T20:51:41.450Z

Updated: 2026-09-15T03:56:21.874Z

Reserved: 2026-07-20T18:09:24.049Z

Link: CVE-2026-64701

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T22:24:16.376Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-14T21:17:13.577

Modified: 2026-09-15T19:31:12.893

Link: CVE-2026-64701

cve-icon Redhat

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