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Posted on 28 July 2026
Apple Security-announceAPPLE-SA-07-27-2026-4 macOS Sonoma 14.8.8
macOS Sonoma 14.8.8 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/en-us/128072.
Apple maintains a Security Releases page at
https://support.apple.com/100100 which lists recent
software updates with security advisories.
Accounts
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was
addressed with improved path validation.
CVE-2026-43749: Adam Franke, Trung Nguyen (@everping) of CyStack, Ashish
Kunwar
afpfs
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system
termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-64767: Dave G.
apache
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple
Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a
third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2026-23918: =D0=AE=D0=BB=D0=B8=D1=8F =D0=9C=D0=B5=D1=80=D1=86=D0=B0=D0==BB=D0=BE=D0=B2=D0=B0
APFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64695: Peter Malone
App Store
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-43801: Rahul Raj
Apple Account
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2026-43781: Pinak Oza
Apple Account
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2026-64737: Robert Mindo
AppleRAID
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A local user may be able to read kernel memory
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43681: impost0r (ret2plt), David Ige - Beryllium Security
Assets
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy
preferences
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2026-43672: =EC=9D=B4=EC=9E=AC=EC=98=81
ATS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to read files outside of its sandbox
Description: A permissions issue was addressed by removing the
vulnerable code.
CVE-2026-43763: Pavan Nallamothu, Jared Reyes
Audio
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox
restrictions.
CVE-2026-64702: John Lussier
Audio
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64725: Seonung Park, ALTV!ST (altvi.st/)
AVEVideoEncoder
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size
validation.
CVE-2026-64747: Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence
AVEVideoEncoder
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-64762: Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence, Dun
BackgroundAssets
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to delete files for which it does not have
permission
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-64707: YingQi Shi (@Mas0nShi) of DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab
BOM
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A maliciously crafted ZIP archive may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28849: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs
cd9660
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
read kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64698: Richard Zana, Peter Malone, Nathaniel Oh (@calysteon),
an anonymous researcher
Contacts
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted contact may leak sensitive data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-64734: Daniel Williams
Control Center
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-43756: =EC=9D=B4=EC=9E=AC=EC=98=81
Core Services
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2026-43693: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman)
CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may corrupt process
memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43673: Anonymous working with TrendAI Zero Day Initiative
CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing an audio stream in a maliciously crafted media file
may terminate the process
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43744: Mathis Mansi=C3=A8re, an anonymous researcher
CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system
termination
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43803: Rahul Raj
CoreMedia
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to
unexpected app termination
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
memory handling.
CVE-2026-43711: James Duffy (@0x4A616D657344)
CoreServices
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app
termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28936: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs
CoreUI
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted asset catalog may result in
disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43738: Peter Malone
CoreVideo
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43802: an anonymous researcher
Crash Reporter
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: A privacy issue was addressed by removing sensitive data.
CVE-2026-64710: Matthew Schneider
CUPS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional
restrictions.
CVE-2026-39875: XBreach.ai, Dallas Dubs, Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro
Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs, Aaron Grattafiori - NVIDIA AI Red Team
CUPS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An injection issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-43698: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs
curl
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Authentication credentials may be sent to a server on another
origin
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple
Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a
third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2026-3784
CVE-2026-3783
Data Detectors UI
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2026-43758: HvxyZLF
DesktopServices
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: A file quarantine bypass was addressed with additional
checks.
CVE-2026-64708: Lance Cain - Offensive Security Engineer, SpecterOps
Inc.
Disk Images
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to elevate privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2026-28926: Jonathan Bar Or (@yo_yo_yo_jbo)
Disk Images
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted file may lead to an unexpected app
termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43747: Anthony Laou Hine Tsuei (@anarcheuz)
Disk Images
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-64694: Gil Portnoy & Henry
Disk Images
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to bypass network restrictions
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional sandbox
restrictions.
CVE-2026-28945: Ayaan Ahmad
Disk Images
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2026-64776: Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel)
DriverKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An issue existed in the handling of environment variables.
This issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-43793: erdene-och Byambabayar
DriverKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able
to view sensitive user information
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43753: Niels Hofmans
Foundation
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to access protected user data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2026-43714: an anonymous researcher
Game Center
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was
addressed with improved path validation.
CVE-2026-64740: Manuel Fernandez (Stackhopper Security)
Game Center
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved data protection.
CVE-2026-43796: Stanislav Jelezoglo, Ilya Andr (andrd3v) of Positive
Technologies
Heimdal
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-64692: Redon Gashi
HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43682: Trung Nguyen (@everping) of CyStack, Peter Malone,
Nicolas Rabrenovic, Dave G., Atul R V & Ashmit Sharma
HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary
code execution
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-28981: Hcamael and =E7=AB=A0=E9=B1=BC=E5=93=A5@aipy ==EF=BC=88aipyaipy.com=EF=BC=89, Aswin Kumar
Gokulakannan, Surya Narayan Kushwaha, Dun
HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Mounting a maliciously crafted disk image may cause unexpected
system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43773: Surya Narayan Kushwaha, Richard Zana, Peter Malone,
Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel), Cem Onat Karagun
HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43767: Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel)
HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64697: Peter Malone
HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-43764: Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security
HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43710: Peter Malone
Icons
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox
restrictions.
CVE-2025-43325: an anonymous researcher
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may corrupt process
memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64716: Peter Malone, Jonathan Alush-Aben, Arni Hardarson
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted texture may lead to unexpected
app termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-43780: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of TrendAI Zero Day
Initiative
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary
code execution
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-43818: an anonymous researcher
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may corrupt process
memory
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory
handling.
CVE-2026-43661: Gandalf4a of PKU-ICODE, Anton Pakhunov, an anonymous
researcher
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a
denial-of-service
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64754: Rahul Raj, PETOWORKS=EC=9D=98 Bugeun Choi (@Bugeun)
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a
denial-of-service
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-64693: Geonha Lee (@leegn4a)
IOKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
write kernel memory
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2026-43805: =EC=9D=B4=EC=9E=AC=EC=98=81
IOSkywalkFamily
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
memory handling.
CVE-2026-39877: Richard Zana, Dhiyanesh Selvaraj (@redroot97)
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-43782: Igor Ushakov
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: An information leakage was addressed with additional
validation.
CVE-2026-64744: Ryan Hileman via Xint Code (xint.io)
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved
memory handling.
CVE-2026-64775: Ryan Hileman via Xint Code (xint.io)
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2026-28982: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927)
of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd., Adam Doup=C3=A9 of ASU SEFCOM
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
corrupt kernel memory
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
CVE-2026-43778: f0r of MurphySec, Mahmoud Abdelmoniem, Feng Xue and XGPT
of ThreatBook, Wang Yu, Nicolas Rabrenovic, Lyutoon, Hiroki Imai (LAC
Co., Ltd.), F=C3=A1bio Lu=C3=ADs @scanpt, DARKNAVY (@DarkNavyOrg), an =anonymous
researcher
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to bypass network filters
Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with
improved state management.
CVE-2026-64735: Gor Aleksanyan
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
CVE-2026-43822: Michal Kosiorek, Eddy Tsalolikhin
CVE-2026-64700: Asjid Kalam (@odinshell)
CVE-2026-43799: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927)
of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43810: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927)
of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
write kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2026-43724: impost0r (ret2plt), Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel)
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2026-43722: Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel), Feng Xue and XGPT of ThreatBook
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43809: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927)
of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
CVE-2026-43757: Wang Yu, Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng
(@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-43769: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927)
of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of
sensitive information.
CVE-2026-43754: Ernesto Mart=C3=ADnez Garc=C3=ADa, Calif Research
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-64723: Ji'an Zhou, Mingxuan Yang, Ye Zhang
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
corrupt kernel memory
Description: This issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-39868: Ye Zhang (@VAR10CK) of Baidu Security, Vladislav
Shevchenko (Positive Technologies), Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan
Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64709: Pasquale Scola, Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng
(@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2026-64721: Lukas Gerlach
LaunchServices
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved
privacy controls.
CVE-2026-20672: Kirin (@Pwnrin) and LFY (@secsys) from Fudan University
LaunchServices
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28983: Ruslan Dautov
libarchive
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may result in disclosure
of process memory
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple
Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a
third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2026-4424
libarchive
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A maliciously crafted ZIP archive may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: A file quarantine bypass was addressed with additional
checks.
CVE-2026-28900: Prathamesh Walunj
libc
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-28973: an anonymous researcher
Libnotify
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64739: Feng Xue and XGPT of ThreatBook, Dun
libxslt
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43703: Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security
libxslt
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash
Description: A double free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
CVE-2026-43706: Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security
LoginWindow
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able
to view sensitive user information
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2026-43766: Amy (amys.website)
Maps
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional
restrictions.
CVE-2026-64738: Robert Mindo, Nathaniel Oh (@calysteon)
mDNSResponder
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker on the local network may be able to cause a
denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64724: Daisuke Hatakeyama (@SYZD Research)
MediaRemote
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved
validation.
CVE-2026-43723: Richard Zana, Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of
Nosebeard Labs
Metal
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to corrupt memory of a system
process
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-28911: yk lin of @pixiepointsec
MobileAccessoryUpdater
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious accessory may be able to cause unexpected app
termination
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43807: Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application
termination or heap corruption
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-64774: stratan (@5tratan)
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application
termination or heap corruption
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64770: stratan (@5tratan)
CVE-2026-64769: stratan (@5tratan)
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved
input validation.
CVE-2026-64768: stratan (@5tratan)
Net-SNMP
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: A stack overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-43771: Robert Tran
NetFSFramework
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A path traversal issue was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-43772: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Network Extensions
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able
to view sensitive user information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28961: Dan Raviv
NSColorPanel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement
checks.
CVE-2026-64711: Koh M. Nakagawa (@tsunek0h) of FFRI Security, Inc.
PackageKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of
symlinks.
CVE-2026-43765: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
ppp
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or read kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-28896: Dave G.
quarantine
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
write kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43694: Hcamael and =E7=AB=A0=E9=B1=BC=E5=93=A5@aipy ==EF=BC=88aipyaipy.com=EF=BC=89, JC Alvarado of
Stripe, Jacob Hazak
Remote Management
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional
restrictions.
CVE-2026-39874: @pixiepointsec
SceneKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app
termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64764: stratan (@5tratan)
SceneKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app
termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed by removing the
vulnerable code.
CVE-2026-64763: stratan (@5tratan)
SceneKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app
termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-64766: stratan (@5tratan)
CVE-2026-64765: stratan (@5tratan)
Screen Sharing Server
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to intercept network connections intended for
another process
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2026-43779: Dave G., Asaf Cohen
Screen Sharing Server
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: This issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-43777: Junming C.(Chapoly1305)
Screen Sharing Server
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A local attacker may be able to determine the legacy VNC
password configured for Screen Sharing
Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement
checks.
CVE-2026-43665: Ayaan Ahmad
Screen Sharing Server
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: An access issue was addressed with improved access
restrictions.
CVE-2026-43760: wdszzml and Atuin Automated Vulnerability Discovery
Engine, Alfredo Pesoli (@__rev) of Bynar.io
SecurityAgent
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2026-43755: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
SMB
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Connecting to a malicious SMB server may lead to unexpected
system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-39873: Peter Malone
SMB
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64696: Feng Xue and XGPT of ThreatBook, Peter Malone
SMB
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory
handling.
CVE-2026-64704: Claudio Bozzato and Francesco Benvenuto of Cisco Talos,
Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan, Peter Malone, Kitten Food, Calif.io in
collaboration with Claude and Anthropic Research
Spotlight
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43774: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Iru
StorageKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2026-43770: Tien-Chih Lin of CyCraft Technology
udf
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43768: Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel)
WebDAV
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
CVE-2026-64703: Bruce Dang of Calif.io in collaboration with Claude and
Anthropic Research
WebDAV
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved
memory handling.
CVE-2026-64699: Bruce Dang of Calif.io
Wi=E2=80=91Fi
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code out of its sandbox
or with certain elevated privileges
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43750: an anonymous researcher
xar
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A logic issue existed resulting in memory corruption. This
was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2026-28932: Mathis Mansi=C3=A8re
zip
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A maliciously crafted ZIP archive may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.
CVE-2026-28914: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs
(nosebeard.co)
Additional recognition
Audio
We would like to acknowledge Niels Hofmans for their assistance.
copyfile
We would like to acknowledge Keisuke Hosoda for their assistance.
CoreMedia
We would like to acknowledge yaohway for their assistance.
Disk Images
We would like to acknowledge Jordy Zomer (@pwningsystems), Phillip
Groves, Richard Zana for their assistance.
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng
(@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd., James Duffy ( @0x4A616D657344
), Mathis Mansi=C3=A8re, Tristan Rousseau, Yeojin Kim, YingMuo =(@YingMuo) of
DEVCORE Research Team for their assistance.
libxslt
We would like to acknowledge Kubilay Berk Alkan for their assistance.
mDNSResponder
We would like to acknowledge Cem Onat Karagun, He Wei (=E3=82=AE=E3=82=AB=E3==82=AF), Jex Amro,
=E7=AB=A0=E9=B1=BC=E5=93=A5 (@aipy) of aipyaipy.com for their =assistance.
PluginKit
We would like to acknowledge Asaf Cohen, Ashish Kunwar for their
assistance.
Printing UIKit
We would like to acknowledge Jacolon Walker ( @call_eax ) for their
assistance.
ReplayKit
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their
assistance.
System Settings
We would like to acknowledge Masaki Moriguchi for their assistance.
Time Machine
We would like to acknowledge Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of
Nosebeard Labs for their assistance.
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