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CVE-2026-28825

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-28825 is a medium-severity out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting Apple macOS Sequoia, Sonoma, and Tahoe versions, which could allow an application to modify protected parts of the file system. Exploitation requires local access and user interaction, but with low attack complexity, as indicated by its CVSS score of 5.5. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0, < 14.8.5CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0, < 15.7.5CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0, < 26.4CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 14.0, < 14.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 15.0, < 15.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia apple_support
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

appleapple:126794LOW

About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.4 - Apple Support

appleapple:126795LOW

About the security content of macOS Sequoia 15.7.5 - Apple Support

appleapple:126796LOW

About the security content of macOS Sonoma 14.8.5 - Apple Support

References

blog.calif.io / p/mad-bugs-an-apple-kernel-bug-brought
support.apple.com / en-us/126794
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/126795
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/126796
Release NotesVendor Advisory