Medium 6.2Published Oct 19, 2026

CVE-2026-86921A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 10:23 AM ET)

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A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, visionOS 27. A local attacker may be able to overwrite restricted files.

CVSS: 6.2 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-269
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: apple
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 26, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 19, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Apple iOS and iPadOS apple:ios_and_ipados (from the name)	before 26.7; before 27	CNA record
Apple macOS apple:macos (from the name)	before 27	CNA record
Apple visionOS apple:visionos (from the name)	before 27	CNA record

References

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149034
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149038
https://support.apple.com/en-us/149041

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