{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20693 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-20693 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-20693 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20693 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Apple Macos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20693/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20693/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-20693","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20693/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-20693","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9rf8-v52w-cq3h"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"macOS operating system","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"An attacker with root privileges can delete protected system files due to improper state management in macOS.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"apple","cpe":[{"product":"macos","vendor":"apple"}],"cvss":{"score":4.9,"severity":"medium","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-732","name":"Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource"}],"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. 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