CVE-2026-28816

4.0 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (4.0) in apple macos. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An app may be able to delete files for which it does not have permission.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

4.0 medium

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 13% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2026-03-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:macos

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126794
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126795
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126796

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