CVE-2026-84540

🔶 medium

Summary

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

CVSS Score

5.5

Medium

EPSS Score

0.2

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-09-14

First Seen: 2026-09-16

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 31.4% of all 358,566 vulnerabilities in our database.

#246,052

Below average severity

Severity Percentile

Last Modified 2026-09-16

Source NVD 🔗

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

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-863

📦 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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