CVE-2026-28888 Race condition in macOS

What is CVE-2026-28888?

CVE-2026-28888 is a medium-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 race condition was addressed with improved state handling. 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 root privileges.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-28888?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2026-28888?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-28888 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-28888 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-28888 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
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All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8862-4xwm-p4pp.