CVE-2026-20629 Information disclosure in macOS

What is CVE-2026-20629?

CVE-2026-20629 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 11 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.3. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.

Weakness: CWE-922

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-20629?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2026-20629?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-20629 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-20629 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20629 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos

• CVE-2026-65400 Apple macOS Improper Authentication Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-44146 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-44148 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-40455 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-r7jp-3wp4-fvf4.