CVE-2026-20688

State: Published
Severity: 9.3 Critical
Published: Mar 25, 2026
Updated: Apr 2, 2026
Reserved: Nov 11, 2025

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4, visionOS 26.4. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

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	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

Product	Versions
iOS and iPadOSApple	before 26.4Affected
macOSApple	before 14.8.5Affected before 15.7.5Affected before 26.4Affected
visionOSApple	before 26.4Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126792
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126794
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126795
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126796
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126799

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