CVE-2026-28982 | A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This i… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-28982
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apple
Reserved: 2026-03-03 16:36 UTC
Published: 2026-07-27 20:14 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-28 15:43 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-362
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Impr…
Vendor / Product: Apple / macOS
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
Apple	macOS	—	0 < 14.8.8, 0 < 15.7.8, 0 < 26.6

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
—	cna	A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
CWE-362	adp	CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	adp	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (3)