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CVE-2026-20610

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.3. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:33244ea05d577d7b058234629a336d65e88efb7c49406605d4a08c5e9db6d724
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:41810a58ba9f61ffabc4a7fa82e7ea2a7c51c348a996a25ae154553041e70023 · sha256:855c34ab96f86049… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

{"description":"An app may be able to gain root privileges","lang":"en"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:41810a58ba9f61ffabc4a7fa82e7ea2a7c51c348a996a25ae154553041e70023 · sha256:855c34ab96f86049… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"macOS","vendor":"Apple","versions":[{"lessThan":"26.3","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:41810a58ba9f61ffabc4a7fa82e7ea2a7c51c348a996a25ae154553041e70023 · sha256:855c34ab96f86049… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:41810a58ba9f61ffabc4a7fa82e7ea2a7c51c348a996a25ae154553041e70023 · sha256:855c34ab96f86049… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:41810a58ba9f61ffabc4a7fa82e7ea2a7c51c348a996a25ae154553041e70023 · sha256:855c34ab96f86049… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"description":"An app may be able to gain root privileges","lang":"en"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:41810a58ba9f61ffabc4a7fa82e7ea2a7c51c348a996a25ae154553041e70023 · sha256:855c34ab96f86049… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/126348"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:41810a58ba9f61ffabc4a7fa82e7ea2a7c51c348a996a25ae154553041e70023 · sha256:855c34ab96f86049… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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