CVE-2026-65373 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2. A malicious 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

No data.

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149522
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149523

History

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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'}`

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		Privilege Escalation via Permissions Misconfiguration in macOS
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
Weaknesses		CWE-269 CWE-732
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035 https://support.apple.com/en-us/149522 https://support.apple.com/en-us/149523

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2026-10-26T20:33:44.533Z

Updated: 2026-11-02T19:50:13.607Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T00:46:16.023Z

Link: CVE-2026-65373

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-02T19:49:41.981Z

NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-10-26T21:18:43.757

Modified: 2026-11-02T20:17:58.400

Link: CVE-2026-65373

Redhat

No data.

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