A race condition was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 14.8.8
0 affected < 26.6

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References
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https://support.apple.com/en-us/128067 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/128072 cve-icon
History

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-362
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A race condition was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-27T20:56:44.562Z

Reserved: 2026-05-01T22:46:27.816Z

Link: CVE-2026-43755

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-27T20:56:33.287Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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