CVE-2026-43789 — MACOS
HIGHCVE-2026-43789 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-862 vulnerability in apple macos. A fix is available — see the affected versions and patch details below.
An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-43789.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2026-43789 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 386,684 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Description
An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.
Affected Products
macosappleDetection & mitigation playbook
Vendor / applianceDetect
Inventory every apple macos deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.
Fix
Apply the apple macos security patch or hotfix for CVE-2026-43789 on the affected version, following the vendor advisory for your exact build.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-43789 being exploited in your environment?
Detect and block the exploit chain at execution, on systems you cannot patch yet.