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CVE-2026-28924 (GCVE-0-2026-28924)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-11 20:08 – Updated: 2026-05-12 13:28
VLAI
Summary
A race condition was addressed with improved handling of symbolic links. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5. An app may be able to access Contacts without user consent.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-12 13:28 UTC
CWE
  • An app may be able to access Contacts without user consent
  • CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apple macOS Affected: 0 , < 14.8.7 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 15.7.7 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 26.5 (custom)
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