A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. 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 gain root privileges.
History

Mon, 11 May 2026 23:15:00 +0000

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

Mon, 11 May 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation via Improper Directory Path Validation in macOS
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-613

Mon, 11 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. 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 gain root privileges.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:07:43.126Z

Reserved: 2026-03-03T16:36:03.985Z

Link: CVE-2026-28915

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-11T21:18:54.000

Modified: 2026-05-11T21:18:54.000

Link: CVE-2026-28915

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-11T23:00:17Z