CVE-2026-28982criticalCWE-362

CVE-2026-28982: critical vulnerability in Apple macOS

Published 27 Jul 2026 · Updated 28 Jul 2026

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28Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 9.8epss 0.6%

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Apple · macOS

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References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/128067 https://support.apple.com/en-us/128071 https://support.apple.com/en-us/128072