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title: "CVE-2026-28853: Apple macOS - Privilege Escalation"
description: "Apple macOS Sequoia < 15.8 and macOS Tahoe < 26.7 contain a privilege escalation caused by insufficient privilege checks, letting apps elevate privileges, exploit requires app execution."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-28853/
---

# CVE-2026-28853 Apple macOS - Privilege Escalation

Apple macOS Sequoia < 15.8 and macOS Tahoe < 26.7 contain a privilege escalation caused by insufficient privilege checks, letting apps elevate privileges, exploit requires app execution.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28853)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

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

Published

20 October 2026

Updated

20 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to macOS Sequoia 15.8 and macOS Tahoe 26.7 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-2026-28853](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28853)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042](https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043](https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043)

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- 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
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