A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. (CVE-2026-28926)
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. An app may be able to elevate privileges.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-28926) involves a race condition in macOS that can be exploited by a local attacker to elevate privileges. The flaw arises from improper state handling, which has been corrected in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 and macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires local access with high complexity, no privileges initially, and user interaction. Successful exploitation results in high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
An application may exploit this race condition to elevate privileges on affected macOS systems, potentially gaining unauthorized access and control. The vulnerability affects system security by compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apply the official patches by upgrading to macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 or later and macOS Sonoma 14.8.8 or later, where the issue has been fixed. No other mitigation steps are indicated.
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. (CVE-2026-28926)
Description
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. An app may be able to elevate privileges.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.0high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-28926) involves a race condition in macOS that can be exploited by a local attacker to elevate privileges. The flaw arises from improper state handling, which has been corrected in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 and macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires local access with high complexity, no privileges initially, and user interaction. Successful exploitation results in high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
An application may exploit this race condition to elevate privileges on affected macOS systems, potentially gaining unauthorized access and control. The vulnerability affects system security by compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apply the official patches by upgrading to macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 or later and macOS Sonoma 14.8.8 or later, where the issue has been fixed. No other mitigation steps are indicated.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-6mjj-78f2-4r3x
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-28926"]
- Database Specific Severity
- HIGH
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a69403b9c2644c7f866b7fb
Added to database: 07/28/2026, 23:50:19 UTC
Last enriched: 07/29/2026, 11:52:51 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 20:02:10 UTC
Views: 138
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