CVE-2026-28900

🔶 medium

Summary

A file quarantine bypass was addressed with additional checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. A maliciously crafted ZIP archive may bypass Gatekeeper checks.

CVSS Score

5.5

Medium

EPSS Score

0.1

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-07-27

First Seen: 2026-07-31

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 32.1% of all 340,405 vulnerabilities in our database.

#231,012

Below average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Jul 28, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Partial

Limited system impact

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-07-29

Source NVD 🔗

CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-290 CWE-693

📦 Affected Products 2

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
apple	macos	Affected	> 14.0 < 14.8.8
apple	macos	Affected	> 15.0 < 15.7.8

🔗 References 2

https://support.apple.com/en-us/128071

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/128072

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

🔗 Related CVEs 6

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CVE-2026-20672	🔶 medium	5.5	0.1	An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved privacy controls. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7....	2026-07-27
CVE-2026-28849	🔶 medium	5.5	0.1	The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. A malici...	2026-07-27
CVE-2026-28896	⚠️ high	7.7	0.1	The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8....	2026-07-27
CVE-2026-28911	⛔ critical	9.8	0.3	The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A m...	2026-07-27
CVE-2026-28912	⚠️ high	7.8	0.1	A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A...	2026-07-27
CVE-2026-28926	⚠️ high	7.0	0.1	A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 1...	2026-07-27

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