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CVE-2026-28840

26
FAUCET Score

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

First published: May 11, 2026Last modified: May 11, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0, < 14.8.7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0, < 15.7.7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0, < 26.4CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 14.0, < 14.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 15.0, < 15.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
3.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0014 is in the 17th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

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:127116LOW

About the security content of macOS Sequoia 15.7.7 - Apple Support

appleapple:127117LOW

About the security content of macOS Sonoma 14.8.7 - Apple Support

appleapple:126794LOW

About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.4 - Apple Support

References

support.apple.com / en-us/126794
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/127116
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/127117
Release NotesVendor Advisory