CVE-2026-43665 Information disclosure in macOS

What is CVE-2026-43665?

CVE-2026-43665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 27 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. A local attacker may be able to determine the legacy VNC password configured for Screen Sharing.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-43665?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2026-43665?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-43665 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-43665 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43665 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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5rwq-4jf8-hxpv.