CVE-2026-28926

HIGHPre-NVD 7.07.0
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-27. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
7.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. An app may be able to elevate privileges.

CVSS v3
7.0
EG Score
7.0(high)
EG Risk
32(Track)
EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity70% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 27, 2026

Last Modified

July 29, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 28, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

About the security content of macOS Sonoma 14.8.8 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/128072
generic

About the security content of macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/128071

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-28926(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 13× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-29 16:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-29 05:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-29 04:38 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-29 04:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-28 20:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-28 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-28 19:28 UTCEG score recompute 7.00
  8. 2026-07-28 19:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-28 19:27 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7 · severity → HIGH
  10. 2026-07-28 15:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-27 21:19 UTCNVD update
  12. 2026-07-27 20:27 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-27 20:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-28926?
CVE-2026-28926 is a high vulnerability published on July 27, 2026. A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. An app may be able to elevate privileges.
When was CVE-2026-28926 disclosed?
CVE-2026-28926 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 27, 2026, with the most recent update on July 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-28926 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-28926 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-28926?
CVE-2026-28926 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.0 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-28926?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-28926, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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