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Recent Apple Macos Sonoma Security Advisories

Advisory Title Published
128072 macOS Sonoma 14.8.8 - Apple Security Content July 27, 2026
127117 macOS Sonoma 14.8.7 - Apple Security Content May 11, 2026
126796 macOS Sonoma 14.8.5 - Apple Security Content March 24, 2026
126350 macOS Sonoma 14.8.4 - Apple Security Content February 11, 2026
125888 macOS Sonoma 14.8.3 - Apple Security Content December 12, 2025
125636 macOS Sonoma 14.8.2 - Apple Security Content November 3, 2025
125330 macOS Sonoma 14.8.1 - Apple Security Content September 29, 2025
125112 macOS Sonoma 14.8 - Apple Security Content September 15, 2025
124928 macOS Sonoma 14.7.8 - Apple Security Content August 20, 2025
124150 macOS Sonoma 14.7.7 - Apple Security Content July 29, 2025

By the Year

In 2026 there have been 249 vulnerabilities in Apple Macos Sonoma with an average score of 7.0 out of ten. Last year, in 2025 Macos Sonoma had 116 security vulnerabilities published. That is, 133 more vulnerabilities have already been reported in 2026 as compared to last year. However, the average CVE base score of the vulnerabilities in 2026 is greater by 0.98.




Year Vulnerabilities Average Score
2026 249 7.01
2025 116 6.03
2024 5 6.88
2023 1 10.00

It may take a day or so for new Macos Sonoma vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilities. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.

Recent Apple Macos Sonoma Security Vulnerabilities

Out-of-Bounds Read in macOS (Sequoia/Sonoma/Tahoe) Up To 15.7.8/14.8.8/26.6
CVE-2026-43757 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Out-of-bounds Read

macOS Authorization & Sandbox Break Fix (Sequoia, Sonoma)
CVE-2026-64737 8.2 - High - July 27, 2026

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

Authorization

macOS App Data Access Vulnerability (Fixed in Sequoia 15.7.8)
CVE-2026-43782 5.5 - Medium - July 27, 2026

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Information Disclosure

Memory Handling Leak in macOS SMB Client Causes System Termination (Pre15.7/14.8/26.6)
CVE-2026-39873 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. Connecting to a malicious SMB server may lead to unexpected system termination.

Buffer Overflow

Apple OS Race Condition Enables Kernel Write fixed in iOS 26.6, macOS 15.7.8
CVE-2026-43805 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, watchOS 26.6. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.

Race Condition

macOS kernel memory disclosure via bounds check flaw (before Sequoia 15.7.8)
CVE-2026-64776 5.5 - Medium - July 27, 2026

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to disclose kernel memory.

Out-of-bounds Read

Apple OS State Management Data Leak (CVE-2026-64721) - fixed in 26.6
CVE-2026-64721 5.5 - Medium - July 27, 2026

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime

macOS Info Disclosure Vulnerability Fixed in Sequoia 15.7.8 & Sonoma 14.8.8
CVE-2026-20672 5.5 - Medium - July 27, 2026

An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved privacy controls. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Information Disclosure

Apple OS Sandbox Escape via Path Validation (iOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8)
CVE-2026-64740 9.3 - Critical - July 27, 2026

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6. A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

Directory traversal

Apple OS Audio Framework Memory Corruption via Malicious Audio File (iOS 26.6+)
CVE-2026-43673 7.8 - High - July 27, 2026

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6. Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may corrupt process memory.

Buffer Overflow

macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 OOB Read CVE-2026-43809
CVE-2026-43809 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Out-of-bounds Read

Apple macOS ScreenSharing VNC Password Disclosure Before 15.7.8/14.8.8
CVE-2026-43665 5.5 - Medium - July 27, 2026

This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. A local attacker may be able to determine the legacy VNC password configured for Screen Sharing.

AuthZ

Remote DoS via Improper Input Validation in macOS 15.7.8/14.8.8/26.6
CVE-2026-43777 7.5 - High - July 27, 2026

This issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service.

Improper Input Validation

Apple OS Use-After-Free before 26.6 (iOS & macOS)
CVE-2026-43799 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Dangling pointer

macOS Gatekeeper ZIP Quarantine Bypass (fixed 15.7.8/14.8.8)
CVE-2026-28900 5.5 - Medium - July 27, 2026

A file quarantine bypass was addressed with additional checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. A maliciously crafted ZIP archive may bypass Gatekeeper checks.

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Auth bypass via state mgmt in macOS 15.7.8, 14.8.8, 26.6
CVE-2026-43672 7.1 - High - July 27, 2026

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

AuthZ

macOS App Access Issue with Sensitive Data fixed in 14.8.8/26.6
CVE-2026-43760 5.5 - Medium - July 27, 2026

An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.

Authorization

Apple OS ImageProcessor Memory Corruption (CVE-2026-64716) before 26.6
CVE-2026-64716 7.8 - High - July 27, 2026

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6. Processing a maliciously crafted image may corrupt process memory.

Buffer Overflow

macOS Kernel Race Condition Causing Termination (Fixed 15.7.8/14.8.8/26.6)
CVE-2026-28982 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.

Race Condition

Apple OSes UAF Fix in 26.6
CVE-2026-64700 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Dangling pointer

macOS Gatekeeper ZIP Bypass (before 15.7.8 & 14.8.8)
CVE-2026-28849 5.5 - Medium - July 27, 2026

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. A maliciously crafted ZIP archive may bypass Gatekeeper checks.

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

macOS logic flaw enabling app data access (fixed in 15.7.8, 14.8.8, 26.6)
CVE-2026-43756 5.5 - Medium - July 27, 2026

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.

AuthZ

Apple iOS/macOS: Permission Bypass allows delete of unauthorized files (fixed before 26.6)
CVE-2026-64707 5.5 - Medium - July 27, 2026

A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, visionOS 26.6. An app may be able to delete files for which it does not have permission.

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Info Leak via Entitlement Bypass in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8
CVE-2026-64711 5.5 - Medium - July 27, 2026

This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to leak sensitive user information.

AuthZ

macOS bug may cause app crash in Sequoia 15.7.8/Sonoma 14.8.8/Tahoe 26.6
CVE-2026-43767 5 - Medium - July 27, 2026

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Buffer Overflow

macOS Kernel Mem Corrupt via App (Sequoia 15.7.8 / Sonoma 14.8.8 / Tahoe 26.6)
CVE-2026-64697 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.

Buffer Overflow

macOS Memory Corruption via App (pre-14.8.8)
CVE-2026-28911 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious app may be able to corrupt memory of a system process.

Buffer Overflow

macOS Stack Overflow (DoS) Fixed in Sequoia 15.7.8, Sonoma 14.8.8, Tahoe 26.6
CVE-2026-43771 7.1 - High - July 27, 2026

A stack overflow was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

Stack Overflow

macOS file parser OOB read fixed in 15.7.8,14.8.8,26.6
CVE-2026-43747 7.1 - High - July 27, 2026

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. Parsing a maliciously crafted file may lead to an unexpected app termination.

Out-of-bounds Read

macOS Kernel Memory Corruption Fixed in Sequoia 15.7.8, Sonoma 14.8.8
CVE-2026-43710 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.

Buffer Overflow

Apple OS integer overflow: vulnerable pre-26.6 on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS
CVE-2026-64766 7.8 - High - July 27, 2026

An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6. Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Apple iOS/macOS 26.6: OOB Write Fixed Remote Attacker Termination Risk
CVE-2026-43803 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Memory Corruption

macOS Privilege Escalation via Permission Issue (fixed 15.7.8,14.8.8,26.6)
CVE-2026-39875 7.8 - High - July 27, 2026

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

Incorrect Default Permissions

Apple OS OOB Write (CVE-2026-64770): Fixed in iOS 26.6
CVE-2026-64770 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or heap corruption.

Memory Corruption

macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 ENV Variable Validation Failure Leads to System Termination
CVE-2026-43793 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

An issue existed in the handling of environment variables. This issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Improper Input Validation

Buffer overflow in macOS kernel (before 15.7.8/14.8.8/26.6) allows local read
CVE-2026-43681 7.1 - High - July 27, 2026

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A local user may be able to read kernel memory.

Classic Buffer Overflow

macOS Root Privilege Escalation via Permissions Flaw (15.7.8, 14.8.8, 26.6)
CVE-2026-39874 7.8 - High - July 27, 2026

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

Incorrect Default Permissions

macOS Kernel Buffer Overflow Causing System Termination (Fix in 15.7.8/14.8.8/26.6)
CVE-2026-64767 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.

Classic Buffer Overflow

macOS OOB write (CVE-2026-43802) fixed 15.7.8/14.8.8/26.6
CVE-2026-43802 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption in Apple OS Media Decoder (Fixed iOS 26.6, macOS 15.7.8)
CVE-2026-43711 7.8 - High - July 27, 2026

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6. Processing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected app termination.

Buffer Overflow

Apple macOS Buffer Overflow Fixed in Sequoia 15.7.8, Sonoma 14.8.8, Tahoe 26.6
CVE-2026-43750 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code out of its sandbox or with certain elevated privileges.

Classic Buffer Overflow

Race Condition Privilege Escalation in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 & Sonoma 14.8.8
CVE-2026-28926 7 - High - July 27, 2026

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.

Race Condition

macOS Race Condition Lets App Access User Data - Fixed in 15.7.8/14.8.8/26.6
CVE-2026-43770 4.7 - Medium - July 27, 2026

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Race Condition

Apple OS Integer Overflow in Image Handling Fixed in iOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8
CVE-2026-43818 8.8 - High - July 27, 2026

An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

macOS Kernel Mem Crash via Improper Handling (fixed 15.7.8/14.8.8/26.6)
CVE-2026-64696 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.

Buffer Overflow

macOS Authorization flaw allows PH attacker to view data (before 15.7.8/14.8.8)
CVE-2026-43766 4.6 - Medium - July 27, 2026

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information.

authentification

Apple OS Use-After-Free before 26.6 (iOS, macOS)
CVE-2026-43822 9.8 - Critical - July 27, 2026

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Dangling pointer

macOS Kernel MemRead CVE-2026-28896 (Sequoia 15.7.8/14.8.8)
CVE-2026-28896 7.7 - High - July 27, 2026

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory.

Buffer Overflow

Apple OS Buffer Overflow CVE-2026-64747 Fixed in 26.6
CVE-2026-64747 7.8 - High - July 27, 2026

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Classic Buffer Overflow

Privacy Leak via Sensitive Data in macOS Sequoia/Sonoma/Tahoe pre-15.7.8/14.8.8/26.6
CVE-2026-64710 5.5 - Medium - July 27, 2026

A privacy issue was addressed by removing sensitive data. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may be able to leak sensitive user information.

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