Apple macOS Sequoia 15.7.4 & Tahoe 26.3 Auth Issue via Physical Access
CVE-2026-20662 Published on February 11, 2026

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, macOS Tahoe 26.3. An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-20662 is exploitable with physical access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

CVE-2026-20662 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.02%
Percentile
4.11%

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