CVE 8.6 HIGH

CVE-2026-49269_CVE-2026-49269

8.6 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

Apple M1 GPUs retain register file data between compute shader dispatches from different processes. A sandboxed Metal attacker app can run a GPU reader shader that reads stale register values left by a separate sandboxed victim app. In the proof of concept, GPUVictim.app generates a fresh random 128-bit secret using SecRandomCopyBytes and loads it into GPU registers. GPUAttacker.app, a separate sandboxed app, recovers the exact secret from stale GPU register state. NOTE: The vendor stated that this behavior affects only legacy hardware and has already been addressed at the hardware level in current-generation Apple Silicon.

AI Analysis

Information disclosure vulnerability in Apple M1 GPUs due to retained register file data between compute shader dispatches from different processes.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-49269
Source mitre
Published Jun 24, 2026 at 00:00
Modified Jun 24, 2026 at 16:05

Affected Product

Vendor Apple
Product Apple M1 GPU
Version Legacy
Affected Versions n/a n/a n/a

CWE Classification

AI Assessment

AI Score 8.6 / 10
AI Severity High
Vendor Apple
Product Apple M1 GPU
Version Legacy

References

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