CVE-2025-46284

7.0 HIGH

A race condition was addressed with additional validation

Published: 2026-05-26 · Last updated: 2026-05-27

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 7.0 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-362

Affected products

Vendor	Product
apple	macos

Description

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46284
[Vendor advisory]https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110
[Vendor advisory]https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111

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