CVE-2026-28926

⚠️ high

Summary

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. An app may be able to elevate privileges.

CVSS Score

7.0

High

EPSS Score

0.1

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-07-27

First Seen: 2026-07-31

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 51.4% of all 340,405 vulnerabilities in our database.

#165,342

Above average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Jul 28, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Total

Complete system compromise possible

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-07-29

Source NVD 🔗

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

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-362

📦 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

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