Description
An authorization issue was addressed with improved entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. An app with admin privileges may be able to modify the System Keychain.
Published: 2026-10-20
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Privilege Escalation via System Keychain Modification on macOS
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-285

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-862
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Privilege Escalation via System Keychain Modification on macOS
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-285

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An authorization issue was addressed with improved entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. An app with admin privileges may be able to modify the System Keychain.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T14:52:37.948Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T16:43:41.874Z

Link: CVE-2026-86907

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T14:52:30.798Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-20T01:17:26.530

Modified: 2026-10-20T15:17:34.420

Link: CVE-2026-86907

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T18:30:16Z

Weaknesses