Race Condition in macOS State Management Enables Sensitive Data Access
CVE-2026-84522 Published on September 14, 2026
A race condition was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-84522 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or 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 have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
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-2026-84522 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-84522
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Affected Versions
Apple macOS:- Before 27 is affected.