A race condition was addressed with improved handling of symbolic links. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5. An app may be able to access Contacts without user consent.

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Mon, 11 May 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Title Race Condition in Symbolic Link Handling Enables Unauthorized Access to Contacts
Weaknesses CWE-362

Mon, 11 May 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
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Apple macos

Mon, 11 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description A race condition was addressed with improved handling of symbolic links. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5. An app may be able to access Contacts without user consent.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:08:04.632Z

Reserved: 2026-03-03T16:36:03.987Z

Link: CVE-2026-28924

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-11T21:18:54.727

Modified: 2026-05-11T21:18:54.727

Link: CVE-2026-28924

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Updated: 2026-05-11T22:45:36Z

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