CVE-2026-20615

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Feb 11, 2026
Updated: Aug 21, 2026
Reserved: Nov 11, 2025

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3, macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26.3, visionOS 26.3. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
iOS and iPadOSApple	before 26.3Affected
macOSApple	before 14.8.4Affected before 15.7.4Affected before 26.3Affected
visionOSApple	before 26.3Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126346
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126348
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126349
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126350
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126353

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