---
title: "CVE-2026-84631: Apple macOS Golden Gate - Privilege Escalation"
description: "Apple macOS Golden Gate contains a privilege escalation caused by insufficient entitlement checks, letting a local app gain root privileges, exploit requires local app execution."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-84631/
---

# CVE-2026-84631 Apple macOS Golden Gate - Privilege Escalation

Apple macOS Golden Gate contains a privilege escalation caused by insufficient entitlement checks, letting a local app gain root privileges, exploit requires local app execution.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.15% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84631)

## 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

14 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-280](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/280.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to macOS Golden Gate 27 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-2026-84631](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84631)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035](https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035)

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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
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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