Live › vulnerability › CVE-2026-86984
Go to dashboardA file access restriction problem in certain home folder files let an app read information about the user's contacts. Apple fixed it with improved access restrictions 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 21:55 UTC. All times on this page are UTC.
Any Mac running macOS Golden Gate before 27.2, Sequoia before 15.8.2, or Tahoe before 26.7.2. The sources do not say what extra conditions must hold for an app to exploit it, so the exposure window is the full unpatched fleet. Managed fleets with automatic updates may already be covered.
No product ranges from the sources yet.
sw_vers -productVersion on each Mac and compare against the fixed versions.27.2 (Golden Gate), 15.8.2 (Sequoia) or 26.7.2 (Tahoe) or later.Each row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
A file access issue existed with certain home folder files. This was addressed with improved access restrictions. 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 access information about a user's contacts.
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