Race Condition Privilege Escalation in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 & Sonoma 14.8.8
CVE-2026-28926 Published on 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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-28926 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?
The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.
CVE-2026-28926 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-28926
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Affected Versions
Apple macOS:- Before 14.8.8 is affected.
- Before 15.7.8 is affected.