A race condition was addressed with improved handling of symbolic links. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 15.x prior to 15.8.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.3 and iPadOS     26.3, macOS Tahoe 26.3, tvOS 26.3, watchOS 26.3. A user may be able to view sensitive user information.
    (CVE-2026-20649)

  - A privacy issue was addressed by moving sensitive data to a protected location. This issue is fixed in     macOS Tahoe 26.3. A malicious app may be able to access notifications from other iCloud devices.
    (CVE-2026-20648)

  - This issue was addressed with improved permissions checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS     18.7.7, iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4, visionOS     26.4, watchOS 26.4. A local attacker may gain access to user's Keychain items. (CVE-2026-28864)

  - An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.5 and     iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. An app may be able to cause a     denial-of-service. (CVE-2026-28991)

  - A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia     15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system     termination or corrupt kernel memory. (CVE-2026-64767)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 27.x prior to 27.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks and was addressed with improved validation of     symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2022-26704)

  - An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. (CVE-2026-112413, CVE-2026-112414,     CVE-2026-112415, CVE-2026-112416, CVE-2026-112423, CVE-2026-112425, CVE-2026-112449, CVE-2026-112455,     CVE-2026-112456, CVE-2026-112461, CVE-2026-112464, CVE-2026-112466, CVE-2026-112468, CVE-2026-112469,     CVE-2026-112470, CVE-2026-112476, CVE-2026-112477, CVE-2026-112479, CVE-2026-112486, CVE-2026-112488,     CVE-2026-112491, CVE-2026-112501, CVE-2026-112514, CVE-2026-112515, CVE-2026-112516, CVE-2026-112517,     CVE-2026-112522, CVE-2026-112546, CVE-2026-112554, CVE-2026-112559, CVE-2026-112561, CVE-2026-112566,     CVE-2026-112571, CVE-2026-112576, CVE-2026-112606, CVE-2026-112614, CVE-2026-112615, CVE-2026-112621,     CVE-2026-112622, CVE-2026-112623, CVE-2026-112624, CVE-2026-112625, CVE-2026-112626, CVE-2026-112627,     CVE-2026-112628, CVE-2026-112629, CVE-2026-112630, CVE-2026-112632, CVE-2026-112633, CVE-2026-112634,     CVE-2026-112638, CVE-2026-112639, CVE-2026-112640, CVE-2026-112642, CVE-2026-112651, CVE-2026-112652,     CVE-2026-112653, CVE-2026-112654, CVE-2026-112655, CVE-2026-112656, CVE-2026-112659, CVE-2026-112660,     CVE-2026-112665, CVE-2026-112671, CVE-2026-112673, CVE-2026-112676, CVE-2026-112678, CVE-2026-112680,     CVE-2026-112682, CVE-2026-112683, CVE-2026-112684, CVE-2026-112686, CVE-2026-112689, CVE-2026-112690,     CVE-2026-112693, CVE-2026-112695, CVE-2026-112697, CVE-2026-112698, CVE-2026-112699, CVE-2026-112705,     CVE-2026-113896, CVE-2026-113898, CVE-2026-113904, CVE-2026-113907, CVE-2026-113909, CVE-2026-113910,     CVE-2026-113913, CVE-2026-113915, CVE-2026-113949, CVE-2026-113952, CVE-2026-65350, CVE-2026-65397,     CVE-2026-84495, CVE-2026-86969, CVE-2026-86970, CVE-2026-86971, CVE-2026-86972, CVE-2026-86973,     CVE-2026-86974, CVE-2026-86985, CVE-2026-86986, CVE-2026-86991, CVE-2026-86992)

  - A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved input validation. (CVE-2026-112432, CVE-2026-112446,     CVE-2026-112454, CVE-2026-112459, CVE-2026-112474, CVE-2026-112485, CVE-2026-112500, CVE-2026-112518,     CVE-2026-112565, CVE-2026-112567, CVE-2026-112595, CVE-2026-112596, CVE-2026-112599, CVE-2026-112607,     CVE-2026-112616, CVE-2026-112619, CVE-2026-112620, CVE-2026-112637, CVE-2026-112658, CVE-2026-112666,     CVE-2026-112669, CVE-2026-112679, CVE-2026-112685, CVE-2026-112688, CVE-2026-112696, CVE-2026-113897,     CVE-2026-113901, CVE-2026-113903, CVE-2026-113912, CVE-2026-113950, CVE-2026-84494, CVE-2026-86925,     CVE-2026-86968, CVE-2026-86978, CVE-2026-86988)

  - A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization. (CVE-2026-112563)

  - An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. (CVE-2026-86990)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 26.x prior to 26.7.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - This issue was addressed with improved permissions checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS     18.7.7, iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4, visionOS     26.4, watchOS 26.4. A local attacker may gain access to user's Keychain items. (CVE-2026-28864)

  - A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization. (CVE-2026-112410, CVE-2026-112421,     CVE-2026-112424, CVE-2026-112428, CVE-2026-112429, CVE-2026-112430, CVE-2026-112434, CVE-2026-112437,     CVE-2026-112438, CVE-2026-112441, CVE-2026-112442, CVE-2026-112443, CVE-2026-112444, CVE-2026-112447,     CVE-2026-112451, CVE-2026-112453, CVE-2026-112457, CVE-2026-112462, CVE-2026-112467, CVE-2026-112471,     CVE-2026-112473, CVE-2026-112475, CVE-2026-112478, CVE-2026-112480, CVE-2026-112481, CVE-2026-112482,     CVE-2026-112483, CVE-2026-112484, CVE-2026-112487, CVE-2026-112492, CVE-2026-112493, CVE-2026-112494,     CVE-2026-112495, CVE-2026-112497, CVE-2026-112498, CVE-2026-112502, CVE-2026-112504, CVE-2026-112505,     CVE-2026-112508, CVE-2026-112510, CVE-2026-112511, CVE-2026-112512, CVE-2026-112519, CVE-2026-112521,     CVE-2026-112523, CVE-2026-112524, CVE-2026-112525, CVE-2026-112526, CVE-2026-112529, CVE-2026-112530,     CVE-2026-112531, CVE-2026-112532, CVE-2026-112533, CVE-2026-112534, CVE-2026-112535, CVE-2026-112536,     CVE-2026-112537, CVE-2026-112539, CVE-2026-112540, CVE-2026-112541, CVE-2026-112542, CVE-2026-112543,     CVE-2026-112545, CVE-2026-112548, CVE-2026-112550, CVE-2026-112551, CVE-2026-112552, CVE-2026-112553,     CVE-2026-112555, CVE-2026-112556, CVE-2026-112557, CVE-2026-112558, CVE-2026-112562, CVE-2026-112563,     CVE-2026-112568, CVE-2026-112569, CVE-2026-112570, CVE-2026-112575, CVE-2026-112604, CVE-2026-112647,     CVE-2026-112668, CVE-2026-112670, CVE-2026-112672, CVE-2026-112675, CVE-2026-112677, CVE-2026-112704,     CVE-2026-112708, CVE-2026-113899, CVE-2026-113900, CVE-2026-65327, CVE-2026-84496, CVE-2026-84590,     CVE-2026-86896, CVE-2026-86936, CVE-2026-86937, CVE-2026-86939, CVE-2026-86941, CVE-2026-86945,     CVE-2026-86946, CVE-2026-86984)

  - An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. (CVE-2026-112413, CVE-2026-112414,     CVE-2026-112415, CVE-2026-112416, CVE-2026-112423, CVE-2026-112425, CVE-2026-112449, CVE-2026-112455,     CVE-2026-112456, CVE-2026-112461, CVE-2026-112464, CVE-2026-112466, CVE-2026-112468, CVE-2026-112469,     CVE-2026-112470, CVE-2026-112476, CVE-2026-112477, CVE-2026-112479, CVE-2026-112486, CVE-2026-112488,     CVE-2026-112491, CVE-2026-112501, CVE-2026-112514, CVE-2026-112515, CVE-2026-112516, CVE-2026-112517,     CVE-2026-112522, CVE-2026-112546, CVE-2026-112554, CVE-2026-112559, CVE-2026-112560, CVE-2026-112561,     CVE-2026-112566, CVE-2026-112571, CVE-2026-112576, CVE-2026-112606, CVE-2026-112610, CVE-2026-112611,     CVE-2026-112614, CVE-2026-112622, CVE-2026-112624, CVE-2026-112625, CVE-2026-112627, CVE-2026-112628,     CVE-2026-112629, CVE-2026-112630, CVE-2026-112632, CVE-2026-112633, CVE-2026-112634, CVE-2026-112638,     CVE-2026-112642, CVE-2026-112652, CVE-2026-112656, CVE-2026-112660, CVE-2026-112665, CVE-2026-112671,     CVE-2026-112676, CVE-2026-112678, CVE-2026-112682, CVE-2026-112683, CVE-2026-112689, CVE-2026-112690,     CVE-2026-112698, CVE-2026-112705, CVE-2026-113896, CVE-2026-113898, CVE-2026-113907, CVE-2026-113910,     CVE-2026-113913, CVE-2026-113915, CVE-2026-64750, CVE-2026-65350, CVE-2026-65363, CVE-2026-65397,     CVE-2026-84495, CVE-2026-84627, CVE-2026-86920, CVE-2026-86942, CVE-2026-86954, CVE-2026-86966,     CVE-2026-86969, CVE-2026-86970, CVE-2026-86971, CVE-2026-86972, CVE-2026-86991, CVE-2026-86992)

  - A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved input validation. (CVE-2026-112485, CVE-2026-112565,     CVE-2026-112567, CVE-2026-112688, CVE-2026-112696, CVE-2026-113912)

  - An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. (CVE-2026-86990)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
372125	macOS 15.x < 15.8.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (149523)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	high
372122	macOS 27.x < 27.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (149521)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	high
372121	macOS 26.x < 26.7.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (149522)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	high

Detections

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CVE-2026-112421

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Tenable Plugins

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