CVE-2026-39875

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Jul 27, 2026
Updated: Aug 5, 2026
Reserved: Apr 7, 2026

Description

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious 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-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

Affected Products

Product	Versions
macOSApple	before 14.8.8Affected before 15.7.8Affected before 26.6Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/128067
https://support.apple.com/en-us/128071
https://support.apple.com/en-us/128072
https://github.com/mac-123456789-lab/CVE-2026-39875-macOS-CUPS-LPEexploit

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