Local Privilege Escalation in macOS Screen Sharing by Apple

CVE-2026-43665

What is CVE-2026-43665?

A vulnerability exists in Apple's Screen Sharing feature within macOS, where a local attacker could exploit insufficient entitlement checks to expose the legacy VNC password. This security issue has been addressed in recent updates to macOS Sequoia and Sonoma, enhancing protections against unauthorized access to sensitive configuration data.

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