CVE-2026-20617CWE-362

CVE-2026-20617

High · published February 12, 2026

CVSS v3.1

7.0

EPSS

Percentile

1.6

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3, macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26.3, tvOS 26.3, visionOS 26.3, watchOS 26.3. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS v3.1: 7.0 · HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.00117 · 1.6th percentile
Weakness: CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Published: 2026-02-12T04:16Z

Affected products (7)

Product	Versions	Fixed in
apple/ipados	< 26.3	26.3
apple/iphone_os	< 26.3	26.3
apple/macos	≥ 14.0, < 14.8.4	14.8.4
apple/macos	≥ 26.0, < 26.3	26.3
apple/tvos	< 26.3	26.3
apple/visionos	< 26.3	26.3
apple/watchos	< 26.3	26.3

References (7)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126346 · [email protected]https://support.apple.com/en-us/126348 · [email protected]https://support.apple.com/en-us/126349 · [email protected]https://support.apple.com/en-us/126350 · [email protected]https://support.apple.com/en-us/126351 · [email protected]https://support.apple.com/en-us/126352 · [email protected]https://support.apple.com/en-us/126353 · [email protected]

EPSS history

Timeline

11 FEB 22:58Z
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling
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