CVE-2026-20693 Privilege escalation in macOS

What is CVE-2026-20693?

CVE-2026-20693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 25 Mar 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An attacker with root privileges may be able to delete protected system files.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-20693?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2026-20693?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-20693 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-20693 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20693 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-9rf8-v52w-cq3h.