CVE-2026-28976
Published: 11 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-28976 is a high-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CWE-200) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 5.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Audit record review and analysis can detect unauthorized exposure or access to sensitive information.
Defines roles and responsibilities to ensure proper privilege management during configuration changes.
Hunting tracks data exfiltration or unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information as a key threat indicator.
Policy addresses roles, responsibilities, and privilege management to prevent improper privilege assignments.
Access supervision ensures privileges are assigned and managed without improper escalation or retention.
Automated marking applies security attributes to system outputs, making it harder for attackers to exploit unmarked sensitive information leading to unauthorized exposure.
Proper attribute retention and permitted-value enforcement limits unauthorized actors from accessing sensitive information lacking correct labels.
Assigning group/role memberships and access authorizations (privileges) while reviewing accounts addresses improper privilege management.
NVD Description
An information leakage was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.5. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
Deeper analysisAI
Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.
Details
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