macOS 14.x < 14.8.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (126796)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 303479

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Synopsis

The remote host is missing a macOS update that fixes multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 14.x prior to 14.8.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- A permissions issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. 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 modify protected parts of the file system. (CVE-2026-28892)

- A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of user preferences. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4. Hide IP Address and Block All Remote Content may not apply to all mail content. (CVE-2026-20692)

- When an OAuth2 bearer token is used for an HTTP(S) transfer, and that transfer performs a cross-protocol redirect to a second URL that uses an IMAP, LDAP, POP3 or SMTP scheme, curl might wrongly pass on the bearer token to the new target host. (CVE-2025-14524)

- An integer overflow in the case of failed ACME certificate renewal leads, after a number of failures (~30 days in default configurations), to the backoff timer becoming 0. Attempts to renew the certificate then are repeated without delays until it succeeds. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.30 before 2.4.66. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.66, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2025-55753)

- Apache HTTP Server 2.4.65 and earlier with Server Side Includes (SSI) enabled and mod_cgid (but not mod_cgi) passes the shell-escaped query string to #exec cmd=... directives. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.66. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.66, which fixes the issue.
(CVE-2025-58098)

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

Solution

Upgrade to macOS 14.8.5 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 303479

File Name: macos_126796.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 3/24/2026

Updated: 5/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-20692

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28892

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:macos:14.0, cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:14.0

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14524, CVE-2025-55753, CVE-2025-58098, CVE-2025-59775, CVE-2025-64505, CVE-2025-65082, CVE-2025-66200, CVE-2026-20607, CVE-2026-20633, CVE-2026-20637, CVE-2026-20639, CVE-2026-20657, CVE-2026-20668, CVE-2026-20688, CVE-2026-20690, CVE-2026-20692, CVE-2026-20693, CVE-2026-20694, CVE-2026-20695, CVE-2026-20697, CVE-2026-20699, CVE-2026-20701, CVE-2026-28816, CVE-2026-28817, CVE-2026-28818, CVE-2026-28821, CVE-2026-28822, CVE-2026-28824, CVE-2026-28825, CVE-2026-28826, CVE-2026-28827, CVE-2026-28828, CVE-2026-28829, CVE-2026-28831, CVE-2026-28832, CVE-2026-28834, CVE-2026-28835, CVE-2026-28838, CVE-2026-28839, CVE-2026-28860, CVE-2026-28862, CVE-2026-28864, CVE-2026-28865, CVE-2026-28866, CVE-2026-28868, CVE-2026-28876, CVE-2026-28877, CVE-2026-28878, CVE-2026-28879, CVE-2026-28880, CVE-2026-28886, CVE-2026-28888, CVE-2026-28891, CVE-2026-28892, CVE-2026-28894

APPLE-SA: 126796

IAVA: 2026-A-0260

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