CVE-2026-20677

State: Published
Severity: 9.0 Critical
Published: Feb 11, 2026
Updated: Aug 21, 2026
Reserved: Nov 11, 2025

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved handling of symbolic links. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.5 and iPadOS 18.7.5, iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3, macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26.3, visionOS 26.3. A shortcut may be able to bypass sandbox restrictions.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	9.0 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Affected Products

Product	Versions
iOS and iPadOSApple	before 18.7.5Affected before 26.3Affected
macOSApple	before 14.8.4Affected before 15.7.4Affected before 26.3Affected
visionOSApple	before 26.3Affected

References

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