CVE-2026-28888 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

ReportizFlow

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126794
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126795
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126796

History

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-362
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/126794 https://support.apple.com/en-us/126795 https://support.apple.com/en-us/126796

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2026-03-25T00:31:36.360Z

Updated: 2026-03-25T14:36:16.648Z

Reserved: 2026-03-03T16:36:03.980Z

Link: CVE-2026-28888

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-25T14:34:41.020Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-25T01:17:12.280

Modified: 2026-03-25T18:00:10.290

Link: CVE-2026-28888

Redhat

No data.

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