Live › vulnerability › CVE-2026-112535
Go to dashboardA race condition in how macOS handled symbolic links allowed a crafted app to change protected parts of the file system. Apple fixed it with improved symlink handling 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 a macOS release older than the fixed builds is exposed, since the flaw sits in the operating system rather than in a third-party package. The sources do not say which earlier builds are vulnerable, so treat all pre-fix macOS builds on the same line as affected. Managed fleets should push the update through their MDM.
No product ranges from the sources yet.
sw_vers -productVersion on each Mac and compare against the fixed builds listed in the sources.27.2 (Golden Gate), 15.8.2 (Sequoia) or 26.7.2 (Tahoe), whichever matches the installed 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 improved handling of symbolic links. 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 modify protected parts of the file system.
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