CVE-2026-86966

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2026-86966 · Published 26/10/2026 · updated 04/11/2026

In short

CVE-2026-86966 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.21%, higher than 10.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
—	No affected product versions are listed for this vulnerability yet.

Description

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, visionOS 27. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

References

support.apple.com/en-us/149034 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/149035 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/149038 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/149227 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/149522 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/149523 · Release Notes

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