{"id":"CVE-2026-43690","title":"A race condition was addressed with improved locking","summary":"A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. A local user may be able to read kernel memory.","severity":"medium","cvss":4.7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-362"],"vendor":"apple","product":"macos","affected":["macos >= 15.0, < 15.8","macos >= 26.0, < 26.7"],"patched":["macos 26.7"],"published":"2026-09-14","updated":"2026-09-17","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-17T11:42:58.377","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43690","references":[{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035","label":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042","label":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043","label":"product-security@apple.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00106,"epssPercentile":0.0126,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-15T19:26:52.831775Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-14T21:15:17.465Z","slug":"CVE-2026-43690","body":"## Overview\n\nA race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. A local user may be able to read kernel memory.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `macos >= 15.0, < 15.8`\n- `macos >= 26.0, < 26.7`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `macos 26.7`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":26,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":25.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":204841,"id":"CVE-2026-43690","ts":1789559716227,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"4.7"},{"seq":204840,"id":"CVE-2026-43690","ts":1789559716227,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}