Apple macOS up to 14.8.6/15.7.6/26.4 Symbolic Link race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple macOS up to 14.8.6/15.7.6/26.4. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Symbolic Link Handler. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-28924. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 14.8.6/15.7.6/26.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Symbolic Link Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A race condition was addressed with improved handling of symbolic links. 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 Contacts without user consent.

The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-28924 since 03/03/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 14.8.7, 15.7.7 or 26.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 14.8.7/15.7.7/26.5

Timelineinfo

03/03/2026 CVE reserved
05/12/2026 +69 days Advisory disclosed
05/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-28924 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-28924
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-362840
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 05/12/2026 04:17
Changes: 05/12/2026 04:17 (56)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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