Apple Safari/macOS/visionOS/iOS/iPadOS up to 26.2 behavioral workflow

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 6.3 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple Safari, macOS, visionOS, iOS and iPadOS up to 26.2. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to behavioral workflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-20660. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Safari, macOS, visionOS, iOS and iPadOS up to 26.2. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a behavioral workflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-841. The product supports a session in which more than one behavior must be performed by an actor, but it does not properly ensure that the actor performs the behaviors in the required sequence. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
A path handling issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.3, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, iOS 18.7.5 and iPadOS 18.7.5, visionOS 26.3, iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3, Safari 26.3. A remote user may be able to write arbitrary files.
The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-20660 since 11/11/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/24/2026).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 303478 (macOS 15.x < 15.7.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (126795)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading to version 26.3 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (303478). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔒
ADP CISA Base Score: 5.5
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Behavioral workflowCWE: CWE-841 / CWE-840
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 303478
Nessus Name: macOS 15.x < 15.7.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (126795)
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Safari/macOS/visionOS/iOS/iPadOS 26.3
Timeline
11/11/2025 CVE reserved02/12/2026 Advisory disclosed
02/12/2026 VulDB entry created
03/24/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-20660 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-20660
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-345674
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
Entry
Created: 02/12/2026 06:26Updated: 03/24/2026 23:11
Changes: 02/12/2026 06:26 (55), 02/13/2026 07:34 (11), 02/14/2026 10:31 (11), 03/24/2026 23:11 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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