CVE-2026-43693

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

Attack Surface

No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

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

29 / 100
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.0 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.12%
Raw Score 0.001200
Percentile 1.8%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00120
2026-10-28
0.00120

Intelligence Sources

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