CVE-2026-28915

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: May 11, 2026
Updated: May 13, 2026
Reserved: Mar 3, 2026

Description

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5. 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:N/UI:R/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
macOSApple	before 14.8.7Affected before 15.7.7Affected before 26.5Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/127115
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127116
https://support.apple.com/en-us/127117

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