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title: "CVE-2026-84506: Apple macOS - Use After Free"
description: "Apple macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, and macOS Tahoe 26.7 contain a use after free vulnerability caused by improper memory management, letting local apps execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges, exploit requires local app execution."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-84506/
---

# CVE-2026-84506 Apple macOS - Use After Free

Apple macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, and macOS Tahoe 26.7 contain a use after free vulnerability caused by improper memory management, letting local apps execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges, exploit requires local app execution.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.17% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84506)

## Details

Type

Use After Free

Impact

Remote Code Execution, Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

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

Published

14 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-416](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, 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-2026-84506](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84506)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035](https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035)
- [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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## 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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