A denial of service issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. 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 modify protected parts of the file system.
History

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Title macOS Denial of Service via Modified Protected File System

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CPEs cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Title Denial of Service via Modification of Protected File System Sections
Weaknesses CWE-285

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Weaknesses CWE-400
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

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


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Title Denial of Service via Modification of Protected File System Sections
Weaknesses CWE-285

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First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos

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Description A denial of service issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. 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 modify protected parts of the file system.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2026-05-11T20:07:59.702Z

Updated: 2026-05-12T13:53:36.114Z

Reserved: 2026-03-03T16:36:03.984Z

Link: CVE-2026-28908

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T13:53:29.018Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-11T21:18:53.607

Modified: 2026-05-12T17:10:16.113

Link: CVE-2026-28908

cve-icon Redhat

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