CVE-2026-20693: Apple macOS

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed through improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.5, macOS Tahoe 26.4. An attacker with root privileges may be able to delete protected system files.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: from 14.0, before 14.8.5 (fixed in 14.8.5); from 15.0, before 15.7.5 (fixed in 15.7.5); from 26.0, before 26.4 (fixed in 26.4)

Published 2026-03-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.