CVE-2026-28821 Privilege escalation in macOS

What is CVE-2026-28821?

CVE-2026-28821 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 25 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A validation issue existed in the entitlement verification. This issue was addressed with improved validation of the process entitlement. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-28821?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2026-28821?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-28821 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-28821 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-28821 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-7jx6-r36g-7pwq.