Apple macOS up to 14.8.7/15.7.7/26.5 Gatekeeper privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in Apple macOS up to 14.8.7/15.7.7/26.5. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Gatekeeper. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-64708. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Apple macOS up to 14.8.7/15.7.7/26.5. This affects an unknown code of the component Gatekeeper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A file quarantine bypass was addressed with additional checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks.

The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-64708 since 07/20/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/28/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 14.8.8, 15.7.8 or 26.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• macOS

Version

• 14.8.0
• 14.8.1
• 14.8.2
• 14.8.3
• 14.8.4
• 14.8.5
• 14.8.6
• 14.8.7
• 15.7.0
• 15.7.1
• 15.7.2
• 15.7.3
• 15.7.4
• 15.7.5
• 15.7.6
• 15.7.7
• 26.0
• 26.1
• 26.2
• 26.3
• 26.4
• 26.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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