A race condition was addressed with improved locking. (CVE-2026-28982)
CVE-2026-28982 is a critical race condition vulnerability in macOS that could allow a remote user to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory. The issue is addressed with improved locking mechanisms and is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, and macOS Tahoe 26.6.
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a race condition in macOS that can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction. The race condition could lead to system crashes or kernel memory corruption. Apple has fixed the issue by improving locking mechanisms in the affected macOS versions: Sequoia 15.7.8, Sonoma 14.8.8, and Tahoe 26.6. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
A remote attacker can exploit this race condition to cause unexpected system termination (crashes) or corrupt kernel memory, potentially leading to system instability or denial of service. The vulnerability affects core system components of macOS, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability at a high level.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apply the official patches provided by Apple by upgrading to macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, or macOS Tahoe 26.6. These updates contain the improved locking mechanisms that fix the race condition. No other mitigation is indicated or required.
A race condition was addressed with improved locking. (CVE-2026-28982)
Description
CVE-2026-28982 is a critical race condition vulnerability in macOS that could allow a remote user to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory. The issue is addressed with improved locking mechanisms and is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, and macOS Tahoe 26.6.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a race condition in macOS that can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction. The race condition could lead to system crashes or kernel memory corruption. Apple has fixed the issue by improving locking mechanisms in the affected macOS versions: Sequoia 15.7.8, Sonoma 14.8.8, and Tahoe 26.6. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
A remote attacker can exploit this race condition to cause unexpected system termination (crashes) or corrupt kernel memory, potentially leading to system instability or denial of service. The vulnerability affects core system components of macOS, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability at a high level.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apply the official patches provided by Apple by upgrading to macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, or macOS Tahoe 26.6. These updates contain the improved locking mechanisms that fix the race condition. No other mitigation is indicated or required.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-vfxh-xxmh-348m
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-28982"]
- Database Specific Severity
- CRITICAL
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a6942019c2644c7f86ce0bb
Added to database: 07/28/2026, 23:57:53 UTC
Last enriched: 07/29/2026, 11:07:11 UTC
Last updated: 09/11/2026, 22:08:23 UTC
Views: 136
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