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 26.5. A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox.
History

Mon, 11 May 2026 23:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Permissions issue allows malicious app to escape sandbox on macOS
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Weaknesses CWE-284
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos

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

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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 26.5. A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:07:41.365Z

Reserved: 2026-03-03T16:36:03.993Z

Link: CVE-2026-28978

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-11T21:18:58.320

Modified: 2026-05-11T21:18:58.320

Link: CVE-2026-28978

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

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Updated: 2026-05-11T23:15:09Z