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, macOS Tahoe 26.4. 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.
- Before 26.4 is affected.