An information leakage was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.5. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

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

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Title Privilege Escalation via Information Leakage in macOS Tahoe
Weaknesses CWE-269

Mon, 11 May 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
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Apple macos

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Description An information leakage was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.5. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:08:52.759Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-28976

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-11T21:18:58.117

Modified: 2026-05-12T14:13:03.510

Link: CVE-2026-28976

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-11T22:45:36Z

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