{"id":"CVE-2026-112575","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-112575"],"related":[],"title":"macOS: secure input handling flaw lets apps monitor keystrokes","description":"The issue was addressed with improved handling of secure input state. 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 monitor keystrokes without user permission.","summary":"Apple fixed a flaw in how macOS handles secure input state. A local app without the user's permission may be able to monitor the keystrokes typed on the machine.","severity":"high","cvss":null,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["developers-on-mac","endpoints","infrastructure","macos"],"not_affected_if":["patched-macos"],"how_to_check":"- unknown","fix":"- Update macOS to `27.2` (Golden Gate), `15.8.2` (Sequoia), or `26.7.2` (Tahoe) or later.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-26T21:17:51+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-26T21:20:28+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-26T21:27:39+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-26T21:27:39+00:00","category":"infrastructure","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-26T21:27:39Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Update macOS to `27.2` (Golden Gate), `15.8.2` (Sequoia), or `26.7.2` (Tahoe) or later.","reach":"local","title":"macOS: secure input handling flaw lets apps monitor keystrokes","impact":"high","summary":"Apple fixed a flaw in how macOS handles secure input state. A local app without the user's permission may be able to monitor the keystrokes typed on the machine.","category":"infrastructure","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["macos","endpoints","developers-on-mac"],"confidence":0.6,"needs_auth":"unknown","worst_case":"A local app reads keystrokes, including passwords typed on the machine.","analyst_note":"Check Apple's security release notes for the affected builds and whether the keystroke capture needs a specific permission or secure-input state; the NVD entry has no CVSS score.","how_to_check":"- unknown","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["patched-macos"],"who_is_affected":"Any Mac running an unpatched macOS release can be affected, since the flaw sits in the operating system and not in a single app. The sources do not say which earlier builds are vulnerable or whether a specific setting is required, so the exact exposed range is unknown.","user_interaction":"unknown","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"high"},"cost_usd":0.000564,"input_tokens":3278,"output_tokens":473,"severity_before":"unknown"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-112575':12A,15A '-2026':11A,14A '15.8.2':75C '26.7.2':78C '27.2':72C 'abl':44B,83C 'address':56C 'app':7A,36B,80C 'appl':23B 'cve':10A,13A 'develop':17B 'developers-on-mac':16B 'endpoint':20B 'fix':24B,67C 'flaw':5A,26B 'gate':71C 'golden':70C 'handl':4A,30B,59C 'improv':58C 'infrastructur':21B 'input':3A,32B,62C 'issu':54C,65C 'keystrok':9A,48B,86C 'let':6A 'local':35B 'mac':19B 'machin':52B 'maco':1A,22B,29B,69C,73C,76C 'may':42B,81C 'monitor':8A,46B,85C 'permiss':41B,89C 'secur':2A,31B,61C 'sequoia':74C 'state':33B,63C 'taho':77C 'type':49B 'user':39B,88C 'without':37B,87C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Any Mac running an unpatched macOS release can be affected, since the flaw sits in the operating system and not in a single app. The sources do not say which earlier builds are vulnerable or whether a specific setting is required, so the exact exposed range is unknown.","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-26T21:17:51+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":null,"cvss_by":null,"poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-112575","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112575","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-26T21:17:51+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-26T21:17:51+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-26T21:20:28+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-26T21:20:28+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}