A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 yes

Technical Impact total

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Apple
  • Macos

No data.

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/128067 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/128071 cve-icon
History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Sandbox Escape via Path Handling Vulnerability in macOS
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-284
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:45:00 +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 A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox.
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2026-07-27T20:14:03.683Z

Updated: 2026-07-28T13:46:13.871Z

Reserved: 2026-07-20T18:09:54.848Z

Link: CVE-2026-64731

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-28T13:46:03.684Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

No data.