🛡️ CVE-2026-28912 — macos

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-28912 is classified as CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure. A protection exists but does not cover the case at hand, so it can be worked around.

Affected software

CVE-2026-28912 is recorded against 1 package.

• macos (from 26.0 up to 26.6)

Timeline and source

Published on 27 July 2026 and last revised on 29 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

macos has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-65400 (9.8 Critical, published 6 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-28926 (7.0 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-43756 (5.5 Medium, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-43800 (5.5 Medium, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64707 (5.5 Medium, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64746 (9.8 Critical, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64775 (9.8 Critical, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-43777 (7.5 High, published 27 Jul 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure) in other software:

• CVE-2026-60166 (3.1 Low, published 17 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-60164 (3.1 Low, published 17 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-62902 (6.5 Medium, published 11 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2025-15039 (9.4 Critical, published 6 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-13342 (5.3 Medium, published 6 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-19168 (8.8 High, published 6 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-19152 (8.3 High, published 6 Aug 2026)

Details

Affected Packages

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