CVE-2026-43689
highA permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
Vendor / product: Apple — ipados
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, visionOS 27. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-14 21:17
Modified: 2026-09-15 19:24
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:53 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
apple / ipados <26.7
apple / iphone_os <26.7
apple / macos <27.0
apple / visionos <27.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/149034
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/149038
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/149041
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149034 product-security@apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035 product-security@apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149038 product-security@apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/149041 product-security@apple.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:53 UTC · record ↗