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title: "CVE-2026-112457: Apple macOS - Use After Free"
description: "Apple macOS Golden Gate 27.2, Sequoia 15.8.2, and Tahoe 26.7.2 contain a double free vulnerability caused by improper memory management, letting local network attackers cause system crashes or memory corruption, exploit requires local network access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-112457/
---

# CVE-2026-112457 Apple macOS - Use After Free

Apple macOS Golden Gate 27.2, Sequoia 15.8.2, and Tahoe 26.7.2 contain a double free vulnerability caused by improper memory management, letting local network attackers cause system crashes or memory corruption, exploit requires local network access.

CVSS base score 7.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112457)

## Details

Type

Use After Free

Impact

Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

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

Published

26 October 2026

Updated

27 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-415](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html)

## 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112457](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112457)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/149523](https://support.apple.com/en-us/149523)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/149521](https://support.apple.com/en-us/149521)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/149522](https://support.apple.com/en-us/149522)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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