CVE-2026-112438 Apple macOS - Privilege Escalation

Apple macOS Golden Gate 27.2, Sequoia 15.8.2, and Tahoe 26.7.2 contain a privilege escalation caused by a logic issue in state management, letting unprivileged attackers execute arbitrary code as root, exploit requires unprivileged attacker access.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
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Details

Type
Privilege Escalation
Impact
Remote Code Execution, Privilege Escalation
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
26 October 2026
Updated
27 October 2026

Vendor fix

Update to macOS Golden Gate 27.2, Sequoia 15.8.2, Tahoe 26.7.2 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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