CVE 9 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-20677_CVE-2026-20677

9 / 10
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

AI Analysis

A race condition vulnerability in macOS allows a shortcut to bypass sandbox restrictions

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-20677
Source apple
Published Feb 11, 2026 at 22:58
Modified Feb 17, 2026 at 15:31

Affected Product

Vendor Apple
Product macOS
Version unspecified
Affected Versions Apple macOS unspecified
Apple visionOS unspecified
Apple macOS unspecified
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified

CWE Classification

AI Assessment

AI Score 9 / 10
AI Severity Critical
Vendor Apple
Product macOS, iOS, iPadOS, visionOS
Version Tahoe 26.3, Sonoma 14.8.4, 18.7.5, 26.3

References

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