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CVE-2026-43791

medium

A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.

Vendor / product: Apple — macos

A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.

CVSS
6.5
6.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-14 21:17
Modified: 2026-09-17 15:16
NVD status: Modified
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 / macos ≥15.0 <15.8, ≥26.0 <26.7

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/149035
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:53 UTC · record ↗

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