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CVE-2026-20677

CRITICAL
9.0CVSS
Published: 2026-02-11
Updated: 2026-02-12
AI Analysis

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved handling of symbolic links. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.3, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, iOS 18.7.5 and iPadOS 18.7.5, visionOS 26.3, iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3. A shortcut may be able to bypass sandbox restrictions.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
high
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
changed
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-362

Metadata

Primary Vendor
APPLE
Published
2/11/2026
Last Modified
2/12/2026
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

apple : ipadosapple : ipadosapple : iphone_osapple : iphone_osapple : macosapple : macosapple : visionos

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