A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Apple | macOS | affected |
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Mon, 11 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An app may be able to gain root privileges. | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apple
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T20:08:15.112Z
Reserved: 2026-03-03T16:36:03.969Z
Link: CVE-2026-28840
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-11T21:18:51.307
Modified: 2026-05-11T21:18:51.307
Link: CVE-2026-28840
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