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macOS 15.x < 15.7.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (128071)

high Nessus Plugin ID 330143

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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 15.x prior to 15.7.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - 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. Connecting to a malicious afpfs server may lead to kernel memory corruption. (CVE-2026-43815)

 - When doing multi-threaded LDAPS transfers (LDAP over TLS) with libcurl, changing TLS options in one thread would inadvertently change them globally and therefore possibly also affect other concurrently setup transfers. Disabling certificate verification for a specific transfer could unintentionally disable the feature for other threads as well. (CVE-2025-14017)

 - When doing TLS related transfers with reused easy or multi handles and altering the `CURLSSLOPT_NO_PARTIALCHAIN` option, libcurl could accidentally reuse a CA store cached in memory for which the partial chain option was reversed. Contrary to the user's wishes and expectations. This could make libcurl find and accept a trust chain that it otherwise would not. (CVE-2025-14819)

 - An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.
 An app may be able to access sensitive user data. (CVE-2025-43325)

 - An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved privacy controls. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.3. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
 (CVE-2026-20672)

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 15.7.8 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/128071

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 330143

File Name: macos_128071.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Published: 7/27/2026

Updated: 9/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.06

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-43815

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:15.0, cpe:/o:apple:macos:15.0

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14017, CVE-2025-14819, CVE-2025-43325, CVE-2026-20672, CVE-2026-23918, CVE-2026-28849, CVE-2026-28896, CVE-2026-28900, CVE-2026-28912, CVE-2026-28914, CVE-2026-28926, CVE-2026-28932, CVE-2026-28933, CVE-2026-28936, CVE-2026-28945, CVE-2026-28961, CVE-2026-28973, CVE-2026-28981, CVE-2026-28982, CVE-2026-28983, CVE-2026-3783, CVE-2026-3784, CVE-2026-39868, CVE-2026-39873, CVE-2026-39874, CVE-2026-39875, CVE-2026-39877, CVE-2026-43653, CVE-2026-43661, CVE-2026-43665, CVE-2026-43672, CVE-2026-43673, CVE-2026-43681, CVE-2026-43682, CVE-2026-43693, CVE-2026-43694, CVE-2026-43698, CVE-2026-43703, CVE-2026-43706, CVE-2026-43710, CVE-2026-43711, CVE-2026-43714, CVE-2026-43722, CVE-2026-43723, CVE-2026-43724, CVE-2026-43729, CVE-2026-43733, CVE-2026-43738, CVE-2026-43744, CVE-2026-43747, CVE-2026-43748, CVE-2026-43749, CVE-2026-43750, CVE-2026-43753, CVE-2026-43754, CVE-2026-43756, CVE-2026-43757, CVE-2026-43758, CVE-2026-43761, CVE-2026-43763, CVE-2026-43764, CVE-2026-43765, CVE-2026-43766, CVE-2026-43767, CVE-2026-43768, CVE-2026-43769, CVE-2026-43770, CVE-2026-43771, CVE-2026-43772, CVE-2026-43773, CVE-2026-43774, CVE-2026-43775, CVE-2026-43776, CVE-2026-43777, CVE-2026-43778, CVE-2026-43779, CVE-2026-43780, CVE-2026-43781, CVE-2026-43782, CVE-2026-43793, CVE-2026-43796, CVE-2026-43799, CVE-2026-43801, CVE-2026-43802, CVE-2026-43803, CVE-2026-43805, CVE-2026-43807, CVE-2026-43809, CVE-2026-43810, CVE-2026-43812, CVE-2026-43815, CVE-2026-43818, CVE-2026-43822, CVE-2026-4424, CVE-2026-64692, CVE-2026-64693, CVE-2026-64694, CVE-2026-64695, CVE-2026-64696, CVE-2026-64697, CVE-2026-64698, CVE-2026-64699, CVE-2026-64700, CVE-2026-64701, CVE-2026-64702, CVE-2026-64703, CVE-2026-64704, CVE-2026-64707, CVE-2026-64708, CVE-2026-64709, CVE-2026-64710, CVE-2026-64711, CVE-2026-64714, CVE-2026-64716, CVE-2026-64717, CVE-2026-64721, CVE-2026-64722, CVE-2026-64723, CVE-2026-64724, CVE-2026-64725, CVE-2026-64731, CVE-2026-64734, CVE-2026-64735, CVE-2026-64737, CVE-2026-64738, CVE-2026-64739, CVE-2026-64740, CVE-2026-64744, CVE-2026-64745, CVE-2026-64747, CVE-2026-64749, CVE-2026-64754, CVE-2026-64762, CVE-2026-64763, CVE-2026-64764, CVE-2026-64765, CVE-2026-64766, CVE-2026-64767, CVE-2026-64768, CVE-2026-64769, CVE-2026-64770, CVE-2026-64771, CVE-2026-64772, CVE-2026-64774, CVE-2026-64775, CVE-2026-64776, CVE-2026-65404, CVE-2026-84489

APPLE-SA: 128071

IAVA: 2026-A-0786, 2026-A-0860, 2026-A-1009