Live › vulnerability › CVE-2026-112492
Go to dashboardA race condition in macOS allowed an app to gain root privileges, according to Apple's description. Apple fixed it with additional validation in macOS Golden Gate 27.2, Sequoia 15.8.2 and Tahoe 26.7.2.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-26 21:20 UTC. All times on this page are UTC.
Any Mac running an unpatched macOS release is potentially exposed, since the flaw is in the operating system and not in an application. The sources do not say which earlier builds are vulnerable or whether a particular setting is required. Teams running only fully patched, supported macOS releases can treat this as handled by the update.
No product ranges from the sources yet.
sw_vers -productVersion and compare the result with the fixed versions listed in the sources.27.2 (Golden Gate), 15.8.2 (Sequoia) or 26.7.2 (Tahoe), whichever matches the installed major release.Each row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
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