Race Condition Vulnerability in Apple macOS Sequoia and Tahoe
CVE-2025-46284

7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Apple
Status
Mac OS
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 May 2026

What is CVE-2025-46284?

A race condition in Apple macOS Sequoia and Tahoe can potentially allow an application to gain unauthorized root privileges. Additional validation has been implemented to mitigate this issue, emphasizing the importance of maintaining up-to-date software to safeguard against unauthorized access and exploitation.

Affected Version(s)

macOS 0 < 15.7

macOS 0 < 26

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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