This document describes the security content of macOS Sequoia 15.7.8.
For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security releases page.
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Released July 27, 2026
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.
CVE-2026-43749: Adam Franke, Trung Nguyen (@everping) of CyStack, Ashish Kunwar
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64767: Dave G.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2026-23918: Юлия Мерцалова
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64695: Peter Malone
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-43801: Rahul Raj
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.
CVE-2026-43781: Pinak Oza
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2026-64737: Robert Mindo
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43748: an anonymous researcher, tamdao, Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43776: Peter Malone, Nicolas Rabrenovic, Irvin Wang
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A local user may be able to read kernel memory
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43681: impost0r (ret2plt), David Ige - Beryllium Security
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2026-43672: 이재영
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to read files outside of its sandbox
Description: A permissions issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2026-43763: Pavan Nallamothu, Jared Reyes
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.
CVE-2026-64702: John Lussier
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64725: Seonung Park, ALTV!ST (altvi.st/)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation.
CVE-2026-64747: Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64762: Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence, Dun
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to delete files for which it does not have permission
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-64707: YingQi Shi (@Mas0nShi) of DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A maliciously crafted ZIP archive may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28849: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64698: Richard Zana, Peter Malone, Nathaniel Oh (@calysteon), an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted contact may leak sensitive data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-64734: Daniel Williams
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-43756: 이재영
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.
CVE-2026-43693: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may corrupt process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43673: Anonymous working with TrendAI Zero Day Initiative
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing an audio stream in a maliciously crafted media file may terminate the process
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43744: Mathis Mansière, an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43803: Rahul Raj
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2026-43775: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Iru
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected app termination
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43711: James Duffy (@0x4A616D657344)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28936: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted asset catalog may result in disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43738: Peter Malone
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43802: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: A privacy issue was addressed by removing sensitive data.
CVE-2026-64710: Matthew Schneider
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2026-39875: XBreach.ai, Dallas Dubs, Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs, Aaron Grattafiori - NVIDIA AI Red Team
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An injection issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-43698: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Authentication credentials may be sent to a server on another origin
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2026-3784
CVE-2026-3783
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2026-43758: HvxyZLF
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: A file quarantine bypass was addressed with additional checks.
CVE-2026-64708: Lance Cain - Offensive Security Engineer, SpecterOps Inc.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to elevate privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.
CVE-2026-28926: Jonathan Bar Or (@yo_yo_yo_jbo)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43747: Anthony Laou Hine Tsuei (@anarcheuz)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-64694: Gil Portnoy & Henry
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to bypass network restrictions
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.
CVE-2026-28945: Ayaan Ahmad
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2026-64776: Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An issue existed in the handling of environment variables. This issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-43793: erdene-och Byambabayar
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43753: Niels Hofmans
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to access protected user data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2026-43714: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.
CVE-2026-64740: Manuel Fernandez (Stackhopper Security)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved data protection.
CVE-2026-43796: Stanislav Jelezoglo, Ilya Andr (andrd3v) of Positive Technologies
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64692: Redon Gashi
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43682: Trung Nguyen (@everping) of CyStack, Peter Malone, Nicolas Rabrenovic, Dave G., Atul R V & Ashmit Sharma
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-28981: Hcamael and 章鱼哥@aipy （aipyaipy.com）, Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan, Surya Narayan Kushwaha, Dun
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Mounting a maliciously crafted disk image may cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43773: Surya Narayan Kushwaha, Richard Zana, Peter Malone, Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel), Cem Onat Karagun
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43767: Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64697: Peter Malone
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-43764: Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43710: Peter Malone
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.
CVE-2025-43325: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may corrupt process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64716: Peter Malone, Jonathan Alush-Aben, Arni Hardarson
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted texture may lead to unexpected app termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-43780: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of TrendAI Zero Day Initiative
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-43818: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may corrupt process memory
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43661: Gandalf4a of PKU-ICODE, Anton Pakhunov, an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64754: Rahul Raj, PETOWORKS의 Bugeun Choi (@Bugeun)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-64693: Geonha Lee (@leegn4a)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.
CVE-2026-43805: 이재영
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-39877: Richard Zana, Dhiyanesh Selvaraj (@redroot97)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64749: hxr1, Hiroki Imai (LAC Co., Ltd.), Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd., Ashish Kunwar
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-43782: Igor Ushakov
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: An information leakage was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2026-64744: Ryan Hileman via Xint Code (xint.io)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64775: Ryan Hileman via Xint Code (xint.io)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2026-28982: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd., Adam Doupé of ASU SEFCOM
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2026-43778: f0r of MurphySec, Mahmoud Abdelmoniem, Feng Xue and XGPT of ThreatBook, Wang Yu, Nicolas Rabrenovic, Lyutoon, Hiroki Imai (LAC Co., Ltd.), Fábio Luís @scanpt, DARKNAVY (@DarkNavyOrg), an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to bypass network filters
Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2026-64735: Gor Aleksanyan
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2026-43822: Michal Kosiorek, Eddy Tsalolikhin
CVE-2026-64700: Asjid Kalam (@odinshell)
CVE-2026-43799: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43810: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2026-43724: impost0r (ret2plt), Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2026-43722: Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel), Feng Xue and XGPT of ThreatBook
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43809: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
CVE-2026-43757: Wang Yu, Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-43769: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2026-43754: Ernesto Martínez García, Calif Research
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-64723: Ji'an Zhou, Mingxuan Yang, Ye Zhang
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: This issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-39868: Ye Zhang (@VAR10CK) of Baidu Security, Vladislav Shevchenko (Positive Technologies), Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64709: Pasquale Scola, Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2026-64721: Lukas Gerlach
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved privacy controls.
CVE-2026-20672: Kirin (@Pwnrin) and LFY (@secsys) from Fudan University
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28983: Ruslan Dautov
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may result in disclosure of process memory
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2026-4424
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A maliciously crafted ZIP archive may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: A file quarantine bypass was addressed with additional checks.
CVE-2026-28900: Prathamesh Walunj
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-28973: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64739: Feng Xue and XGPT of ThreatBook, Dun
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43703: Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: A double free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2026-43706: Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2026-43766: Amy (amys.website)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2026-64738: Robert Mindo, Nathaniel Oh (@calysteon)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An attacker on the local network may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43653: Atul R V
CVE-2026-64724: Daisuke Hatakeyama (@SYZD Research)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-43723: Richard Zana, Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious accessory may be able to cause unexpected app termination
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43807: Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may corrupt process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43733: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of TrendAI Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2026-43729: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of TrendAI Zero Day Initiative
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or heap corruption
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-64772: wh0am1i, stratan (@5tratan)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or heap corruption
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-64774: stratan (@5tratan)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or heap corruption
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64770: stratan (@5tratan)
CVE-2026-64769: stratan (@5tratan)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a 3D model may result in disclosure of process memory
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64722: wh0am1i
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-64768: stratan (@5tratan)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or heap corruption
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64771: wh0am1i
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: A stack overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-43771: Robert Tran
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A path traversal issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-43772: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28961: Dan Raviv
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks.
CVE-2026-64711: Koh M. Nakagawa (@tsunek0h) of FFRI Security, Inc.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A user may be able to elevate privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2026-28912: Matej Moravec (@MacejkoMoravec)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks.
CVE-2026-43765: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-28896: Dave G.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-64731: Sindre Sorhus, Richard Zana
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2026-43812: Francisco Knabe
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43694: Hcamael and 章鱼哥@aipy （aipyaipy.com）, JC Alvarado of Stripe, Jacob Hazak
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2026-39874: @pixiepointsec
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64764: stratan (@5tratan)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2026-64763: stratan (@5tratan)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-64766: stratan (@5tratan)
CVE-2026-64765: stratan (@5tratan)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to intercept network connections intended for another process
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2026-43779: Dave G., Asaf Cohen
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: This issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-43777: Junming C.(Chapoly1305)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A local attacker may be able to determine the legacy VNC password configured for Screen Sharing
Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks.
CVE-2026-43665: Ayaan Ahmad
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A person with physical access to a locked device may be able to access contacts and photos
Description: This issue was addressed with additional restrictions on the lock screen.
CVE-2026-64745: Vivek Dhar, ASI (RM) in Border Security Force, FTR HQ BSF Kashmir
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Connecting to a malicious SMB server may lead to unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-39873: Peter Malone
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64696: Feng Xue and XGPT of ThreatBook, Peter Malone
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64704: Claudio Bozzato and Francesco Benvenuto of Cisco Talos, Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan, Peter Malone, Calif.io in collaboration with Claude and Anthropic Research, Kitten Food
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43774: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Iru
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2026-43770: Tien-Chih Lin of CyCraft Technology
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43768: Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2026-64703: Bruce Dang of Calif.io in collaboration with Claude and Anthropic Research
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64699: Bruce Dang of Calif.io
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code out of its sandbox or with certain elevated privileges
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43750: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A logic issue existed resulting in memory corruption. This was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2026-28932: Mathis Mansière
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A maliciously crafted ZIP archive may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.
CVE-2026-28914: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs (nosebeard.co)
We would like to acknowledge Niels Hofmans for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Keisuke Hosoda for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge yaohway for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Jordy Zomer (@pwningsystems), Phillip Groves, Richard Zana for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd., Chris Betz, James Duffy ( @0x4A616D657344 ), Mathis Mansière, Tristan Rousseau, Yeojin Kim, YingMuo (@YingMuo) of DEVCORE Research Team for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Kubilay Berk Alkan for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Cem Onat Karagun, He Wei (ギカク), Jex Amro, 章鱼哥 (@aipy) of aipyaipy.com for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Asaf Cohen, Ashish Kunwar for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Jacolon Walker ( @call_eax ) for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Ilya Andr (andrd3v) and nkhmelni for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Masaki Moriguchi for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs for their assistance.