{"id":"CVE-2026-43689","title":"A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions","summary":"A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, visionOS 27. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-862"],"vendor":"apple","product":"ipados","affected":["ipados < 26.7","iphone_os < 26.7","macos < 27.0","visionos < 27.0"],"patched":["ipados 26.7","iphone_os 26.7","macos 27.0","visionos 27.0"],"published":"2026-09-14","updated":"2026-09-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-15T19:24:11.737","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43689","references":[{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149034","label":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035","label":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149038","label":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149041","label":"product-security@apple.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00148,"epssPercentile":0.04397,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-14T22:49:37.388853Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-14T21:15:17.553Z","slug":"CVE-2026-43689","body":"## Overview\n\nA permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, visionOS 27. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `ipados < 26.7`\n- `iphone_os < 26.7`\n- `macos < 27.0`\n- `visionos < 27.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `ipados 26.7`\n- `iphone_os 26.7`\n- `macos 27.0`\n- `visionos 27.0`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":203383,"id":"CVE-2026-43689","ts":1789427860593,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"7.8"},{"seq":203382,"id":"CVE-2026-43689","ts":1789427860593,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"high"}]}