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.
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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 |
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| Vendors & Products |
Apple
Apple macos |
Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-280 | |
| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000
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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. | |
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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
Updated: 2026-09-14T22:24:16.376Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-09-14T21:17:13.577
Modified: 2026-09-15T19:31:12.893
Link: CVE-2026-64701
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