Description
A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
Published: 2026-09-14
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

References
History

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-362
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T03:56:23.998Z

Reserved: 2026-05-01T22:46:27.819Z

Link: CVE-2026-43783

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T22:28:20.948Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-14T21:17:11.080

Modified: 2026-09-15T04:18:06.830

Link: CVE-2026-43783

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T23:45:09Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-362

    Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')