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CVE-2026-20693

An attacker with root privileges may be able to delete protected system files.

MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 0.41%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
4.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.41% probability · 35th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-732
Affected
apple/macos
Source
product-security@apple.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.41%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.