CVE-2026-43815

⚠️ high

Summary

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. Connecting to a malicious afpfs server may lead to kernel memory corruption.

CVSS Score

8.8

High

EPSS Score

0.2

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-09-14

First Seen: 2026-09-16

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is High Risk - more severe than 80.8% of all 358,566 vulnerabilities in our database.

#68,827

Top 25% most severe

Severity Percentile

Last Modified 2026-09-16

Source NVD 🔗

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

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-787

📦 Affected Products 3

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
apple	macos	Affected	> 14.0 < 14.8.8
apple	macos	Affected	> 15.0 < 15.7.8
apple	macos	Affected	> 26.0 < 26.6

🔗 References 3

https://support.apple.com/en-us/128067

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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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CVE-2026-43677	🔶 medium	6.5	0.3	An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27,...	2026-09-14
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