---
id: "CVE-2026-112443"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-112443"]
title: "Apple macOS: improved memory handling fixes crash and memory corruption"
severity: "unknown"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["apple-devices", "infrastructure", "macos"]
not_affected_if: ["already-patched"]
published_at: "2026-10-26T21:17:34+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T21:20:25+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:31:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112443", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T21:20:25+00:00"}]
---

# Apple macOS: improved memory handling fixes crash and memory corruption

A memory handling flaw in macOS lets an app cause an unexpected system termination or corrupt process memory. The sources do not say whether an attacker can gain code execution from it.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the macOS version with `sw_vers -productVersion` and compare it to the fixed releases listed in the fix.
- unknown for other checks: the sources do not describe a specific setting or file.

## Fix

- Update macOS Golden Gate to `27.2` or later.
- Update macOS Tahoe to `26.7.2` or later.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T21:20:25+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112443

## From the sources

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt process memory.

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