Live › vulnerability › CVE-2026-86979
Go to dashboardA privacy check in macOS Golden Gate 27 was missing or weak, so an app could reach sensitive user data it should not. Apple fixed it with improved checks.
Summary written from the sources below. Check the originals before acting.
First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-23 21:57 UTC. All times on this page are UTC.
Any Mac running macOS before Golden Gate 27 can be affected, since the sources describe the issue only at the OS level. Fleets of managed Macs should be updated first. Teams that only use iOS or Linux machines can skip it.
No product ranges from the sources yet.
sw_vers -productVersion on each Mac, to see whether it runs macOS Golden Gate 27 or an earlier releaseEach row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
A privacy issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
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