CVE-2025-46284: An app may be able to gain root privileges in Apple macOS
CVE-2025-46284 is a race condition vulnerability in Apple macOS that could allow an application to gain root privileges. The issue was addressed by adding additional validation and is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7 and macOS Tahoe 26. The vulnerability has a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 7. Exploitation requires local access with low privileges and high attack complexity. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a race condition in macOS that could allow a local application to escalate privileges to root. The flaw was mitigated by Apple through additional validation checks in the affected components. The CVSS vector indicates the attack requires local access, high complexity, and low privileges, but results in high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7 and macOS Tahoe 26 versions.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker with limited privileges to gain root-level access on the affected macOS system. This would enable full control over the system, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and system resources. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has fixed this vulnerability in macOS Sequoia 15.7 and macOS Tahoe 26. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate the issue. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory indicating an official fix is available. No additional mitigations are specified.
CVE-2025-46284: An app may be able to gain root privileges in Apple macOS
Description
CVE-2025-46284 is a race condition vulnerability in Apple macOS that could allow an application to gain root privileges. The issue was addressed by adding additional validation and is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7 and macOS Tahoe 26. The vulnerability has a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 7. Exploitation requires local access with low privileges and high attack complexity. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.0high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a race condition in macOS that could allow a local application to escalate privileges to root. The flaw was mitigated by Apple through additional validation checks in the affected components. The CVSS vector indicates the attack requires local access, high complexity, and low privileges, but results in high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7 and macOS Tahoe 26 versions.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker with limited privileges to gain root-level access on the affected macOS system. This would enable full control over the system, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and system resources. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apple has fixed this vulnerability in macOS Sequoia 15.7 and macOS Tahoe 26. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to remediate the issue. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory indicating an official fix is available. No additional mitigations are specified.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2025-04-22T21:13:49.958Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a161534e29bf47b506c5215
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 21:48:36 UTC
Last enriched: 06/03/2026, 20:55:58 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:55 UTC
Views: 51
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