Apple iOS/iPadOS/macOS/visionOS up to 26 Keychain privileges management

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 3.8 | $5k-$25k | 0.65 |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS up to 26. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Keychain. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-86905. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS up to 26 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Keychain. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, visionOS 27. An app may be able to delete credentials stored in Keychain.
The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-86905 since 09/08/2026. The exploitation is known 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 $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/15/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
Upgrading to version 27 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Base Score: 3.9
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS/macOS/visionOS 27
Timeline
09/08/2026 CVE reserved09/15/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/15/2026 VulDB entry created
09/15/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-86905 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-86905
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-404033
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
Entry
Created: 09/15/2026 02:30Changes: 09/15/2026 02:30 (56)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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