CVE-2026-18367

State: Published
Severity: 9.3 Critical
Published: Aug 6, 2026
Updated: Aug 7, 2026
Reserved: Jul 30, 2026

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via Sophos Endpoint for macOS older than version 2026.1.1 and Sophos Home for macOS older than version 10.11.6.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	9.3 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	Sophos

Weaknesses

CWE-285 The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Sophos Endpoint for macOSSophos	before 2026.1.1Affected
Sophos Home for macOSSophos	before 10.11.6Affected

References

https://www.sophos.com/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20260806-ep-macos-lpe

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