APPLE-SA-07-27-2026-4 macOS Sonoma 14.8.8

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APPLE-SA-07-27-2026-4 macOS Sonoma 14.8.8

macOS Sonoma 14.8.8 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/en-us/128072.

Apple maintains a Security Releases page at
https://support.apple.com/100100 which lists recent
software updates with security advisories.

Accounts
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was
addressed with improved path validation.
CVE-2026-43749: Adam Franke, Trung Nguyen (@everping) of CyStack, Ashish
Kunwar

afpfs
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system
termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-64767: Dave G.

apache
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: 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.
CVE-2026-23918: Юлия Мерцалова

APFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64695: Peter Malone

App Store
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-43801: Rahul Raj

Apple Account
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2026-43781: Pinak Oza

Apple Account
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2026-64737: Robert Mindo

AppleRAID
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A local user may be able to read kernel memory
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43681: impost0r (ret2plt), David Ige - Beryllium Security

Assets
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy
preferences
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2026-43672: 이재영

ATS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to read files outside of its sandbox
Description: A permissions issue was addressed by removing the
vulnerable code.
CVE-2026-43763: Pavan Nallamothu, Jared Reyes

Audio
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox
restrictions.
CVE-2026-64702: John Lussier

Audio
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64725: Seonung Park, ALTV!ST (altvi.st/)

AVEVideoEncoder
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size
validation.
CVE-2026-64747: Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence

AVEVideoEncoder
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-64762: Franco Belman at Blackwing Intelligence, Dun

BackgroundAssets
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to delete files for which it does not have
permission
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-64707: YingQi Shi (@Mas0nShi) of DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab

BOM
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A maliciously crafted ZIP archive may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28849: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs

cd9660
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
read kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64698: Richard Zana, Peter Malone, Nathaniel Oh (@calysteon),
an anonymous researcher

Contacts
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted contact may leak sensitive data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-64734: Daniel Williams

Control Center
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-43756: 이재영

Core Services
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2026-43693: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman)

CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may corrupt process
memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43673: Anonymous working with TrendAI Zero Day Initiative

CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing an audio stream in a maliciously crafted media file
may terminate the process
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43744: Mathis Mansière, an anonymous researcher

CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system
termination
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43803: Rahul Raj

CoreMedia
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to
unexpected app termination
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
memory handling.
CVE-2026-43711: James Duffy (@0x4A616D657344)

CoreServices
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app
termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28936: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs

CoreUI
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted asset catalog may result in
disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43738: Peter Malone

CoreVideo
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-43802: an anonymous researcher

Crash Reporter
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: A privacy issue was addressed by removing sensitive data.
CVE-2026-64710: Matthew Schneider

CUPS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional
restrictions.
CVE-2026-39875: XBreach.ai, Dallas Dubs, Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro
Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs, Aaron Grattafiori - NVIDIA AI Red Team

CUPS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An injection issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-43698: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs

curl
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Authentication credentials may be sent to a server on another
origin
Description: 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.
CVE-2026-3784
CVE-2026-3783

Data Detectors UI
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2026-43758: HvxyZLF

DesktopServices
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: A file quarantine bypass was addressed with additional
checks.
CVE-2026-64708: Lance Cain - Offensive Security Engineer, SpecterOps
Inc.

Disk Images
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to elevate privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2026-28926: Jonathan Bar Or (@yo_yo_yo_jbo)

Disk Images
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted file may lead to an unexpected app
termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43747: Anthony Laou Hine Tsuei (@anarcheuz)

Disk Images
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-64694: Gil Portnoy & Henry

Disk Images
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to bypass network restrictions
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional sandbox
restrictions.
CVE-2026-28945: Ayaan Ahmad

Disk Images
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2026-64776: Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel)

DriverKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An issue existed in the handling of environment variables.
This issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-43793: erdene-och Byambabayar

DriverKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able
to view sensitive user information
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43753: Niels Hofmans

Foundation
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to access protected user data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2026-43714: an anonymous researcher

Game Center
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was
addressed with improved path validation.
CVE-2026-64740: Manuel Fernandez (Stackhopper Security)

Game Center
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved data protection.
CVE-2026-43796: Stanislav Jelezoglo, Ilya Andr (andrd3v) of Positive
Technologies

Heimdal
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-64692: Redon Gashi

HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43682: Trung Nguyen (@everping) of CyStack, Peter Malone,
Nicolas Rabrenovic, Dave G., Atul R V & Ashmit Sharma

HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary
code execution
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-28981: Hcamael and 章鱼哥@aipy （aipyaipy.com）, Aswin Kumar
Gokulakannan, Surya Narayan Kushwaha, Dun

HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Mounting a maliciously crafted disk image may cause unexpected
system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43773: Surya Narayan Kushwaha, Richard Zana, Peter Malone,
Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel), Cem Onat Karagun

HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43767: Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel)

HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64697: Peter Malone

HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-43764: Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security

HFS
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43710: Peter Malone

Icons
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox
restrictions.
CVE-2025-43325: an anonymous researcher

ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may corrupt process
memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64716: Peter Malone, Jonathan Alush-Aben, Arni Hardarson

ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted texture may lead to unexpected
app termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-43780: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of TrendAI Zero Day
Initiative

ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary
code execution
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-43818: an anonymous researcher

ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may corrupt process
memory
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory
handling.
CVE-2026-43661: Gandalf4a of PKU-ICODE, Anton Pakhunov, an anonymous
researcher

ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a
denial-of-service
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64754: Rahul Raj, PETOWORKS의 Bugeun Choi (@Bugeun)

ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a
denial-of-service
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-64693: Geonha Lee (@leegn4a)

IOKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
write kernel memory
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2026-43805: 이재영

IOSkywalkFamily
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
memory handling.
CVE-2026-39877: Richard Zana, Dhiyanesh Selvaraj (@redroot97)

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-43782: Igor Ushakov

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: An information leakage was addressed with additional
validation.
CVE-2026-64744: Ryan Hileman via Xint Code (xint.io)

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved
memory handling.
CVE-2026-64775: Ryan Hileman via Xint Code (xint.io)

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2026-28982: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927)
of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd., Adam Doupé of ASU SEFCOM

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
corrupt kernel memory
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
CVE-2026-43778: f0r of MurphySec, Mahmoud Abdelmoniem, Feng Xue and XGPT
of ThreatBook, Wang Yu, Nicolas Rabrenovic, Lyutoon, Hiroki Imai (LAC
Co., Ltd.), Fábio Luís @scanpt, DARKNAVY (@DarkNavyOrg), an anonymous
researcher

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to bypass network filters
Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with
improved state management.
CVE-2026-64735: Gor Aleksanyan

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
CVE-2026-43822: Michal Kosiorek, Eddy Tsalolikhin
CVE-2026-64700: Asjid Kalam (@odinshell)
CVE-2026-43799: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927)
of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43810: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927)
of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
write kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2026-43724: impost0r (ret2plt), Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel)

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2026-43722: Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel), Feng Xue and XGPT of ThreatBook

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43809: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927)
of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
CVE-2026-43757: Wang Yu, Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng
(@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-43769: Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927)
of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of
sensitive information.
CVE-2026-43754: Ernesto Martínez García, Calif Research

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-64723: Ji'an Zhou, Mingxuan Yang, Ye Zhang

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
corrupt kernel memory
Description: This issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-39868: Ye Zhang (@VAR10CK) of Baidu Security, Vladislav
Shevchenko (Positive Technologies), Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan
Zhenpeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64709: Pasquale Scola, Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng
(@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2026-64721: Lukas Gerlach

LaunchServices
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved
privacy controls.
CVE-2026-20672: Kirin (@Pwnrin) and LFY (@secsys) from Fudan University

LaunchServices
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28983: Ruslan Dautov

libarchive
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may result in disclosure
of process memory
Description: 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.
CVE-2026-4424

libarchive
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A maliciously crafted ZIP archive may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: A file quarantine bypass was addressed with additional
checks.
CVE-2026-28900: Prathamesh Walunj

libc
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-28973: an anonymous researcher

Libnotify
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64739: Feng Xue and XGPT of ThreatBook, Dun

libxslt
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43703: Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security

libxslt
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash
Description: A double free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
CVE-2026-43706: Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security

LoginWindow
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able
to view sensitive user information
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2026-43766: Amy (amys.website)

Maps
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional
restrictions.
CVE-2026-64738: Robert Mindo, Nathaniel Oh (@calysteon)

mDNSResponder
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker on the local network may be able to cause a
denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64724: Daisuke Hatakeyama (@SYZD Research)

MediaRemote
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved
validation.
CVE-2026-43723: Richard Zana, Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of
Nosebeard Labs

Metal
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to corrupt memory of a system
process
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-28911: yk lin of @pixiepointsec

MobileAccessoryUpdater
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious accessory may be able to cause unexpected app
termination
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43807: Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security

Model I/O
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application
termination or heap corruption
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-64774: stratan (@5tratan)

Model I/O
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application
termination or heap corruption
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64770: stratan (@5tratan)
CVE-2026-64769: stratan (@5tratan)

Model I/O
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved
input validation.
CVE-2026-64768: stratan (@5tratan)

Net-SNMP
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: A stack overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-43771: Robert Tran

NetFSFramework
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A path traversal issue was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-43772: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Network Extensions
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able
to view sensitive user information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-28961: Dan Raviv

NSColorPanel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement
checks.
CVE-2026-64711: Koh M. Nakagawa (@tsunek0h) of FFRI Security, Inc.

PackageKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of
symlinks.
CVE-2026-43765: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

ppp
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or read kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-28896: Dave G.

quarantine
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
write kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43694: Hcamael and 章鱼哥@aipy （aipyaipy.com）, JC Alvarado of
Stripe, Jacob Hazak

Remote Management
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional
restrictions.
CVE-2026-39874: @pixiepointsec

SceneKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app
termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-64764: stratan (@5tratan)

SceneKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app
termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed by removing the
vulnerable code.
CVE-2026-64763: stratan (@5tratan)

SceneKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app
termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2026-64766: stratan (@5tratan)
CVE-2026-64765: stratan (@5tratan)

Screen Sharing Server
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to intercept network connections intended for
another process
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2026-43779: Dave G., Asaf Cohen

Screen Sharing Server
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: This issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2026-43777: Junming C.(Chapoly1305)

Screen Sharing Server
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A local attacker may be able to determine the legacy VNC
password configured for Screen Sharing
Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement
checks.
CVE-2026-43665: Ayaan Ahmad

Screen Sharing Server
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: An access issue was addressed with improved access
restrictions.
CVE-2026-43760: wdszzml and Atuin Automated Vulnerability Discovery
Engine, Alfredo Pesoli (@__rev) of Bynar.io

SecurityAgent
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2026-43755: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

SMB
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Connecting to a malicious SMB server may lead to unexpected
system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-39873: Peter Malone

SMB
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-64696: Feng Xue and XGPT of ThreatBook, Peter Malone

SMB
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory
handling.
CVE-2026-64704: Claudio Bozzato and Francesco Benvenuto of Cisco Talos,
Aswin Kumar Gokulakannan, Peter Malone, Kitten Food, Calif.io in
collaboration with Claude and Anthropic Research

Spotlight
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43774: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Iru

StorageKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2026-43770: Tien-Chih Lin of CyCraft Technology

udf
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-43768: Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel)

WebDAV
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
CVE-2026-64703: Bruce Dang of Calif.io in collaboration with Claude and
Anthropic Research

WebDAV
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved
memory handling.
CVE-2026-64699: Bruce Dang of Calif.io

Wi‑Fi
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code out of its sandbox
or with certain elevated privileges
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2026-43750: an anonymous researcher

xar
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A logic issue existed resulting in memory corruption. This
was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2026-28932: Mathis Mansière

zip
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A maliciously crafted ZIP archive may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.
CVE-2026-28914: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs
(nosebeard.co)

Additional recognition

Audio
We would like to acknowledge Niels Hofmans for their assistance.

copyfile
We would like to acknowledge Keisuke Hosoda for their assistance.

CoreMedia
We would like to acknowledge yaohway for their assistance.

Disk Images
We would like to acknowledge Jordy Zomer (@pwningsystems), Phillip
Groves, Richard Zana for their assistance.

Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Billy Jheng Bing Jhong and Pan Zhenpeng
(@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd., James Duffy ( @0x4A616D657344
), Mathis Mansière, Tristan Rousseau, Yeojin Kim, YingMuo (@YingMuo) of
DEVCORE Research Team for their assistance.

libxslt
We would like to acknowledge Kubilay Berk Alkan for their assistance.

mDNSResponder
We would like to acknowledge Cem Onat Karagun, He Wei (ギカク), Jex Amro,
章鱼哥 (@aipy) of aipyaipy.com for their assistance.

PluginKit
We would like to acknowledge Asaf Cohen, Ashish Kunwar for their
assistance.

Printing UIKit
We would like to acknowledge Jacolon Walker ( @call_eax ) for their
assistance.

ReplayKit
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their
assistance.

System Settings
We would like to acknowledge Masaki Moriguchi for their assistance.

Time Machine
We would like to acknowledge Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of
Nosebeard Labs for their assistance.

macOS Sonoma 14.8.8 may be obtained from the Mac App Store or Apple's
Software Downloads web site: https://support.apple.com/downloads/

All information is also posted on the Apple Security Releases
web site: https://support.apple.com/100100.

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