Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2026 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2026-43736

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization 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 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS 0 – before 26.7.20 – before 27

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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