CVE-2026-28922

Received Received - Intake

Improper Access Control in macOS

Publication date: 2026-05-11

Last updated on: 2026-05-11

Assigner: Apple Inc.

Description

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5. An app may be able to access private information.

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Published

2026-05-11

Last Modified

2026-05-11

Generated

2026-07-11

AI Q&A

2026-05-12

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-10

NVD

CVE-2026-28922

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
apple	macos_sequoia	to 15.7.7 (inc)
apple	macos_sonoma	to 14.8.7 (inc)
apple	macos_tahoe	to 26.5 (inc)

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Exploitability

CWE

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CWE ID	Description
CWE-UNKNOWN

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability involves an issue with state management in certain versions of macOS (Sequoia, Sonoma, Tahoe). Due to this issue, an application may be able to access private information that it should not have access to.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is that an app could potentially access private information without proper authorization, which could lead to privacy breaches or unauthorized data exposure.

Mitigation Strategies

The vulnerability is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, and macOS Tahoe 26.5.

To mitigate this vulnerability, you should update your macOS system to one of these fixed versions as soon as possible.

Compliance Impact

This vulnerability allows an app to potentially access private information due to improper state management.

Such unauthorized access to private information could impact compliance with data protection regulations like GDPR and HIPAA, which require strict controls over personal and sensitive data.

However, specific details on the extent of the impact on compliance or mitigation measures beyond the fix in macOS versions are not provided.

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