Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 26, 2026

CVE-2026-86958

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2. An attacker with memory write capability may be able to bypass pointer authentication codes and run arbitrary code.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Golden Gatellm-fuzzy
Range: before 27
Apple Inc./macOS Sequoiallm-fuzzy
Range: before 15.8.2
Apple Inc./macOS Tahoellm-fuzzy
Range: before 26.7.2

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/149035nvd
support.apple.com/en-us/149522nvd
support.apple.com/en-us/149523nvd

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