A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
History

Wed, 27 May 2026 02:15:00 +0000

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Title Race Condition Allows Privilege Escalation to Root in macOS

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 26 May 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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Title Race Condition Allows Privilege Escalation to Root in macOS
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Weaknesses CWE-362
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos

Tue, 26 May 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2026-05-26T21:32:06.954Z

Updated: 2026-05-27T00:11:14.392Z

Reserved: 2025-04-22T21:13:49.958Z

Link: CVE-2025-46284

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T00:11:00.682Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-26T22:16:41.537

Modified: 2026-05-27T14:51:09.560

Link: CVE-2025-46284

cve-icon Redhat

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