CVE-2026-28924: An app may be able to access Contacts without user consent in Apple macOS
CVE-2026-28924 is a race condition vulnerability in Apple macOS that could allow an application to access the user's Contacts without obtaining user consent. The issue was addressed by improving the handling of symbolic links. Fixes for this vulnerability are included in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, and macOS Tahoe 26.5. The vulnerability has a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a significant confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction or privileges.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a race condition related to symbolic link handling in Apple macOS. Exploiting this flaw could enable an application to bypass user consent controls and access the Contacts data. Apple has fixed the issue in specific macOS versions: Sequoia 15.7.7, Sonoma 14.8.7, and Tahoe 26.5. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack can be performed remotely without privileges or user interaction, resulting in high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access sensitive Contacts information on affected macOS systems without the user's permission. This compromises user privacy by exposing personal contact data. There is no indication of impact on system integrity or availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available and included in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, and macOS Tahoe 26.5. Users and administrators should update affected macOS systems to these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying these official patches. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory information embedded in the description.
CVE-2026-28924: An app may be able to access Contacts without user consent in Apple macOS
Description
CVE-2026-28924 is a race condition vulnerability in Apple macOS that could allow an application to access the user's Contacts without obtaining user consent. The issue was addressed by improving the handling of symbolic links. Fixes for this vulnerability are included in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, and macOS Tahoe 26.5. The vulnerability has a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a significant confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction or privileges.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a race condition related to symbolic link handling in Apple macOS. Exploiting this flaw could enable an application to bypass user consent controls and access the Contacts data. Apple has fixed the issue in specific macOS versions: Sequoia 15.7.7, Sonoma 14.8.7, and Tahoe 26.5. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack can be performed remotely without privileges or user interaction, resulting in high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access sensitive Contacts information on affected macOS systems without the user's permission. This compromises user privacy by exposing personal contact data. There is no indication of impact on system integrity or availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available and included in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, and macOS Tahoe 26.5. Users and administrators should update affected macOS systems to these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying these official patches. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory information embedded in the description.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apple
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-03T16:36:03.987Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a028752cbff5d86108b586f
Added to database: 05/12/2026, 01:50:10 UTC
Last enriched: 05/19/2026, 10:57:24 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 94
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