CVE-2026-20677

critical

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved handling of symbolic links. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.3, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, iOS 18.7.5 and iPadOS 18.7.5, visionOS 26.3, iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3. A shortcut may be able to bypass sandbox restrictions.

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126353

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126350

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126348

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126347

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126346

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-11

Updated: 2026-02-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: Critical