Apple macOS

CVE-2026-20693
MEDIUM 4.9

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.41 % · percentile 35 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
apple
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An attacker with root privileges may be able to delete protected system files.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Apple · macOSaffected 0 < 14.8.5 ; affected 0 < 15.7.5 ; affected 0 < 26.4

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD