CVE-2026-43681

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 39/100
Published: 2026-07-27 Modified: 2026-10-24 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: None
A: High

Description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A local user may be able to read kernel memory.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (3)

VendorProductVersion
apple macos 14.0 – 14.8.8
apple macos 15.0 – 15.7.8
apple macos 26.0 – 26.6

References & Advisories (3)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/128067
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/128071
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/128072
Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Bug Bounty Relevance

39 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.17%
Raw Score 0.001680
Percentile 6.1%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00168
2026-10-28
0.00168

Intelligence Sources

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