Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2026 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2026-113948

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect permission assignment in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27.2. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS 0 – before 27.2

Weakness: CWE-732 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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