CVE-2026-20696: Race Condition
Published Feb 11, 2026
·Updated
802.1X. An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.
Other sources
Accounts. An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
— Apple
Admin Framework. A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
— Apple
An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
— MITRE
apache. This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
— Apple
App Intents. A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
— Apple
Credit
Rosyna Keller(Totally Not Malicious Software), Ryan Dowd@@_rdowd, CVE-2025-55753, CVE-2025-58098, CVE-2025-59775, CVE-2025-65082, CVE-2025-66200, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, an anonymous researcher, Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h(FFRI Security Inc), Talal Haj Bakry(Mysk Inc), Tommy Mysk@@mysk_co(Mysk Inc), Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat, Justin Cohen(Google), Jex Amro, Cristian Dinca (icmd.tech), Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(TrendAI Zero Day Initiative), YingQi Shi@@Mas0nShi(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Mustafa Calap@@ordinal0, dbg.re), Etienne Charron (Renault), Victoria Martini (Renault), Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team), Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg(Nosebeard Labs), Asaf Cohen, CVE-2025-14524, 风沐云烟@@binary_fmyy, Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc, Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo, DARKNAVY@@DarkNavyOrg, XiguaSec, Ye Zhang(Baidu Security), Ryan Dowd@@_rdowd(Iru), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Iru), CVE-2025-64505, Joseph Ravichandran@@0xjprx(MIT CSAIL), Gor Aleksanyan(BoB 0xB6), Dhiyanesh Selvaraj@@redroot97(BoB 0xB6), 이동하 (Lee Dong Ha(BoB 0xB6), Jian Lee@@speedyfriend433, hari shanmugam, Johnny Franks@@0xjohnny, Yuebin Sun@@yuebinsun2020(SecuRing), an anonymous researcher(SecuRing), Nathaniel Oh@@calysteon(SecuRing), Kirin@@Pwnrin(SecuRing), Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Joshua Jewett@@JoshJewett33, Ilya Andr (andrd3v)(RTU MIREA), Ilias Morad (A2nkF)(Voynich Group), Duy Trần@@khanhduytran0, @@hugeBlack, Himanshu Bharti@@Xpl0itme(Khatima), Rodolphe Brunetti@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Matej Moravec@@MacejkoMoravec, Dawuge(Shuffle Team), Hunan University, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, Andrei Dodu, Morris Richman@@morrisinlife, Kun Peeks@@SwayZGl1tZyyy, Dave G., Gyujeong Jin at Team.0xb6@@G1uN4sh, wdszzml, Atuin Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine, Alex Radocea, Christian Kohlschütter, Sreejith Krishnan R, @@pixiepointsec, Luke Roberts@@rookuu, Pedro Tôrres@@t0rr3sp3dr0, Caspian Tarafdar, Andrew Becker, webb, Thomas Espach, @@hamayanhamayan, Yeonghyeon Choi, Daniel Rhea, Söhnke Benedikt Fischedick (Tripton), Emrovsky & Switch3301, Yevhen Pervushyn, Minse Kim, Narcis Oliveras Fontàs, Nathaniel Oh@@calysteon, Hongze Wu(Ant Group Infrastructure Security Team), Shuaike Dong(Ant Group Infrastructure Security Team), greenbynox, Arni Hardarson, Gongyu Ma@@Mezone0, Héloïse Gollier, Mathy Vanhoef (KU Leuven), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Golden Helm Securities(Iru), Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman(Iru), Ron Elemans, Murray Mike, George Karchemsky@@gkarchemsky(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Xin'an Zhou, Juefei Pu, Zhutian Liu, Zhiyun Qian, Zhaowei Tan, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, Mathy Vanhoef, Keisuke Hosoda, Kenneth Chew, CVE-2025-59375, Ron Masas(BreakPoint), Google Threat Analysis Group, Noah Gregory (wts.dev), Bing Shi(Alibaba Group), Wenchao Li(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), (Indiana University Bloomington), Luyi Xing(Indiana University Bloomington), Enis Maholli (enismaholli.com), CVE-2026-20622, Kirin@@Pwnrin, Vivek Dhar, ASI (RM) in Border Security Force, FTR HQ BSF Kashmir, LeminLimez, @@cloudlldb, Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Vamshi Paili, Tony Gorez for Reverse Society@@tonygo_, Amy (amys.website), 이동하 (Lee Dong Ha)(SSA Lab), Chunyu Song(NorthSea), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative)
Affected Software
7 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Tahoe<26.4
Apple macOS Tahoe<26.4
26.4
Apple macOS Sequoia<15.7.4
15.7.4
Apple macOS Sonoma<14.8.4
14.8.4
Apple macOS<14.8.4
Apple macOS>=15.0<15.7.4
Apple macOS>=26.0<26.4
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Upgrade
Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 26.4 - Upgrade
Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 15.7.4 - Upgrade
Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 14.8.4
Event History
Feb 11, 2026
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Description
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Affected Software
Mar 24, 2026
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
May 11, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:08 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:08 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:18 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Parent advisories
This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.
Peer vulnerabilities
Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2026-28865
- CVE-2026-28877
- CVE-2026-28823
- CVE-2025-55753
- CVE-2025-58098
- CVE-2025-59775
- CVE-2025-65082
- CVE-2025-66200
- CVE-2026-28824
- CVE-2026-20696
- CVE-2026-20699
- CVE-2026-20684
- CVE-2026-20633
- CVE-2026-28910
- CVE-2026-28879
- CVE-2026-28822
- CVE-2026-28894
- CVE-2026-28866
- CVE-2026-20690
- CVE-2026-28821
- CVE-2026-28838
- CVE-2026-20679
- CVE-2026-28886
- CVE-2026-28878
- CVE-2026-28888
- CVE-2026-28893
- CVE-2025-14524
- CVE-2026-28876
- CVE-2026-28892
- CVE-2026-28926
- CVE-2026-28832
- CVE-2026-28870
- CVE-2026-28834
- CVE-2026-28881
- CVE-2026-28880
- CVE-2026-28833
- CVE-2025-64505
- CVE-2026-28842
- CVE-2026-28841
- CVE-2026-28868
- CVE-2026-28867
- CVE-2026-20698
- CVE-2026-20695
- CVE-2026-20687
- CVE-2026-28845
- CVE-2026-28882
- CVE-2026-20607
- CVE-2026-20692
- CVE-2026-20694
- CVE-2026-20632
- CVE-2026-28839
- CVE-2026-20701
- CVE-2026-28891
- CVE-2026-28827
- CVE-2026-28816
- CVE-2026-28826
- CVE-2026-20631
- CVE-2026-20693
- CVE-2026-28840
- CVE-2026-28862
- CVE-2026-28896
- CVE-2026-28831
- CVE-2026-28817
- CVE-2026-20688
- CVE-2026-28864
- CVE-2026-28830
- CVE-2026-28860
- CVE-2026-28835
- CVE-2026-28825
- CVE-2026-28818
- CVE-2026-20697
- CVE-2026-28820
- CVE-2026-28837
- CVE-2026-28844
- CVE-2026-28828
- CVE-2026-28852
- CVE-2026-20657
- CVE-2026-28829
- CVE-2026-20665
- CVE-2026-20643
- CVE-2026-28871
- CVE-2026-20664
- CVE-2026-28857
- CVE-2026-28861
- CVE-2026-28859
- CVE-2026-20691
- CVE-2026-28995
- CVE-2026-20670
- CVE-2026-20624
- CVE-2026-20625
- CVE-2025-43403
- CVE-2026-20611
- CVE-2026-20609
- CVE-2026-20615
- CVE-2026-20617
- CVE-2025-46283
- CVE-2026-20627
- CVE-2025-46281
- CVE-2025-43417
- CVE-2026-20623
- CVE-2026-20620
- CVE-2026-20634
- CVE-2026-20675
- CVE-2026-20671
- CVE-2026-20626
- CVE-2026-20630
- CVE-2025-46291
- CVE-2025-59375
- CVE-2026-20667
- CVE-2026-20673
- CVE-2026-20677
- CVE-2025-43533
- CVE-2025-46300
- CVE-2025-46301
- CVE-2025-46302
- CVE-2025-46303
- CVE-2025-46304
- CVE-2025-46305
- CVE-2025-46310
- CVE-2026-20614
- CVE-2026-20628
- CVE-2025-46290
- CVE-2026-20653
- CVE-2026-20622
- CVE-2025-43473
- CVE-2026-20662
- CVE-2026-20680
- CVE-2026-20612
- CVE-2026-20641
- CVE-2026-20619
- CVE-2026-20606
- CVE-2026-20605
- CVE-2026-20621
- CVE-2025-43402
- CVE-2026-20602
- CVE-2026-20660
- CVE-2025-43338
- CVE-2026-20651
- CVE-2026-20616
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the severity of CVE-2026-20696?
The severity of CVE-2026-20696 is considered high due to its potential impact on authentication and authorization.
2
How do I fix CVE-2026-20696?
To fix CVE-2026-20696, update to Apple macOS Tahoe version 26.4 or later.
3
What types of issues does CVE-2026-20696 address?
CVE-2026-20696 addresses authentication and authorization issues along with path handling vulnerabilities.
4
Which versions of Apple macOS are affected by CVE-2026-20696?
Apple macOS Tahoe versions prior to 26.4 are affected by CVE-2026-20696.
5
Can I find more details about CVE-2026-20696?
Detailed information about CVE-2026-20696 can be found on the official Apple support page.