State Issues in macOS - CVE-2026-43728
Published: August 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU143772
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-43728
CWE-ID: CWE-371
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to missing release of resource after effective lifetime in Security when handling security operations. A local user can trigger the vulnerable behavior to escalate privileges on the system.
Affected software
macOS
How to mitigate CVE-2026-43728
Install update from vendor's website.
macOS - update to 26.6 25G72