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.
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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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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 |
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| 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. | |
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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
Updated: 2026-05-27T00:11:00.682Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-05-26T22:16:41.537
Modified: 2026-05-27T14:51:09.560
Link: CVE-2025-46284
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