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CVE-2026-28827

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-28827 is a critical sandbox escape vulnerability affecting Apple macOS, stemming from a parsing issue in directory path handling that allows a malicious application to bypass sandbox restrictions. Rated 9.3 Critical on the CVSS scale, it has a local attack vector with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion regarding 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

9.3CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 79 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.7 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 1.0 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

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