CVE-2026-65381

⛔ critical

Summary

A validation issue existed in the entitlement verification. This issue was addressed with improved validation of the process entitlement. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

CVSS Score

10.0

Critical

EPSS Score

0.2

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-09-14

First Seen: 2026-09-16

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Extremely High Risk - more severe than 100.0% of all 358,566 vulnerabilities in our database.

Top 5% 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:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-862

📦 Affected Products 2

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
apple	macos	Affected	> 15.0 < 15.8
apple	macos	Affected	> 26.0 < 26.7

🔗 References 3

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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CVE-2026-28933	🔶 medium	5.5	0.2	A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS...	2026-09-14
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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
CVE-2026-43684	⚠️ high	7.8	0.2	A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, m...	2026-09-14
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