CVE-2026-28888 | Apple macOS up to 14.8.4/15.7.4/26.3 App race condition

VDB-352964 · CVE-2026-28888 · GCVE-0-2026-28888 APPLE MACOS UP TO 14.8.4/15.7.4/26.3 APP RACE CONDITION HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 6.7 $0-$5k 0.38+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Apple macOS up to 14.8.4/15.7.4/26.3. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component App. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-28888. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded. Detailsinfo A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 14.8.4/15.7.4/26.3. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An app may be able to gain root privileges. The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-28888 since 03/03/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/25/2026). Upgrading to version 14.8.5, 15.7.5 or 26.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Productinfo Type Operating System Vendor Apple Name macOS Version 14.8.0 14.8.1 14.8.2 14.8.3 14.8.4 15.7.0 15.7.1 15.7.2 15.7.3 15.7.4 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 License commercial Website Vendor: https://www.apple.com/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7 VulDB Base Score: 7.0 VulDB Temp Score: 6.7 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Race condition CWE: CWE-362 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: Partially Local: Yes Remote: No Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: Upgrade Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Upgrade: macOS 14.8.5/15.7.5/26.4 Timelineinfo 03/03/2026 CVE reserved 03/25/2026 +22 days Advisory disclosed 03/25/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 03/25/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Vendor: apple.com Advisory: support.apple.com Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-28888 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-28888 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-352964 scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712 Entryinfo Created: 03/25/2026 07:55 Changes: 03/25/2026 07:55 (56) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:1B0:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸