An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127110 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127111 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127115 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127116 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127117 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.8 · appleNVD modified 2026-10-26 18:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 3
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127110 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127111 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127115 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127116 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/127117 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory