CVE-2026-86889: Apple macOS

Medium severity, CVSS 4.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A certificate validation issue was addressed with improved certificate validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to intercept network traffic.

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 2026-09-16.