CVE-2026-84512: Apple macOS

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. Mounting a maliciously crafted disk image may cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: from 15.0, before 15.8 (fixed in 15.8); from 26.0, before 26.7 (fixed in 26.7)

Published 2026-09-14. Last modified 2026-09-17.