Medium severity · published Oct 20, 2026
CVE-2026-28850
An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.8, visionOS 27. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
before 15.8 · source: vendor
VI
visionOS · Apple
before 27 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28850
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28850
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149038
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043
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