The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 26.x prior to 26.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - There exists a vulnerability in SQLite versions before 3.50.2 where the number of aggregate terms could     exceed the number of columns available. This could lead to a memory corruption issue. We recommend     upgrading to version 3.50.2 or above. (CVE-2025-6965)

  - A buffer-overread issue was discovered in StringIO 3.0.1, as distributed in Ruby 3.0.x through 3.0.6 and     3.1.x through 3.1.4. The ungetbyte and ungetc methods on a StringIO can read past the end of a string, and     a subsequent call to StringIO.gets may return the memory value. 3.0.3 is the main fixed version; however,     for Ruby 3.0 users, a fixed version is stringio 3.0.1.1, and for Ruby 3.1 users, a fixed version is     stringio 3.0.1.2. (CVE-2024-27280)

  - The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.5. An     app may be able to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2025-31259)

  - Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths. If     a directory handle is open at thread creation, the process-wide current working directory is temporarily     changed in order to clone that handle for the new thread, which is visible from any third (or more) thread     already running. This may lead to unintended operations such as loading code or accessing files from     unexpected locations, which a local attacker may be able to exploit. The bug was introduced in commit     11a11ecf4bea72b17d250cfb43c897be1341861e and released in Perl version 5.13.6 (CVE-2025-40909)

  - A configuration issue was addressed with additional restrictions. (CVE-2025-24088, CVE-2025-24197,     CVE-2025-31255, CVE-2025-31268, CVE-2025-31269, CVE-2025-31270, CVE-2025-31271, CVE-2025-43190,     CVE-2025-43204, CVE-2025-43207, CVE-2025-43208, CVE-2025-43262, CVE-2025-43272, CVE-2025-43279,     CVE-2025-43283, CVE-2025-43285, CVE-2025-43286, CVE-2025-43287, CVE-2025-43291, CVE-2025-43292,     CVE-2025-43293, CVE-2025-43294, CVE-2025-43297, CVE-2025-43298, CVE-2025-43301, CVE-2025-43302,     CVE-2025-43304, CVE-2025-43305, CVE-2025-43307, CVE-2025-43308, CVE-2025-43310, CVE-2025-43311,     CVE-2025-43312, CVE-2025-43314, CVE-2025-43315, CVE-2025-43316, CVE-2025-43317, CVE-2025-43318,     CVE-2025-43319, CVE-2025-43321, CVE-2025-43325, CVE-2025-43326, CVE-2025-43327, CVE-2025-43328,     CVE-2025-43329, CVE-2025-43330, CVE-2025-43331, CVE-2025-43332, CVE-2025-43333, CVE-2025-43337,     CVE-2025-43340, CVE-2025-43341, CVE-2025-43342, CVE-2025-43343, CVE-2025-43344, CVE-2025-43346,     CVE-2025-43347, CVE-2025-43353, CVE-2025-43354, CVE-2025-43356, CVE-2025-43357, CVE-2025-43359,     CVE-2025-43366, CVE-2025-43367, CVE-2025-43368, CVE-2025-43369)

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 15.x prior to 15.7.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Ruby WEBrick read_header HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers     to smuggle arbitrary HTTP requests on affected installations of Ruby WEBrick. This issue is exploitable     when the product is deployed behind an HTTP proxy that fulfills specific conditions. The specific flaw     exists within the read_headers method. The issue results from the inconsistent parsing of terminators of     HTTP headers. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to smuggle arbitrary HTTP requests. Was ZDI-     CAN-21876. (CVE-2025-6442)

  - REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML     that has many deep elements that have same local name attributes. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with     tree parser API like REXML::Document.new, you may be impacted to this vulnerability. If you use other     parser APIs such as stream parser API and SAX2 parser API, this vulnerability is not affected. The REXML     gem 3.3.6 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. (CVE-2024-43398)

  - REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an     XML that has many digits between &# and x...; in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;). This does     not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.9 or     later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. (CVE-2024-49761)

  - A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5,     iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. A shortcut may be able to access files that are     normally inaccessible to the Shortcuts app. (CVE-2025-30465)

  - A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7,     macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to access sensitive user data. (CVE-2025-43292)

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	Published	Updated	Severity
265371	macOS 26.x < 26.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125110)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	9/18/2025	10/3/2025	high
272235	macOS 15.x < 15.7.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125635)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	11/4/2025	11/7/2025	high

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