PT-2026-7755 · Apple · Visionos+5

Csaba Fitzl + 3 · Published 2026-02-11 · Updated 2026-02-12 · CVE-2026-20617

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to Tahoe 26.3 macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.8.4 watchOS versions prior to 26.3 tvOS versions prior to 26.3 visionOS versions prior to 26.3 iOS versions prior to 26.3 iPadOS versions prior to 26.3

Description A race condition existed due to improper state handling. This could allow a malicious application to gain root privileges.

Recommendations Update macOS to version Tahoe 26.3 or later. Update macOS Sonoma to version 14.8.4 or later. Update watchOS to version 26.3 or later. Update tvOS to version 26.3 or later. Update visionOS to version 26.3 or later. Update iOS to version 26.3 or later. Update iPadOS to version 26.3 or later.

Fix

LPE

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-20617

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Tvos

Visionos

Watchos

References · 12

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/126352 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20617 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/126346 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/126350 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20617 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/126348 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/126353 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/126351 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecuritynews.com/apple-0-day-vulnerability-exploited · Reddit Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-20617 · Note
• https://twitter.com/offseq/status/2021804008235487476 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2021799483735257185 · Twitter Post