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CVE-2026-20677

CRITICAL

9.0

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved handling of symbolic links. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.5 and iPadOS 18.7.5, iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26.3, visionOS 26.3. A shortcut may be able to bypass sandbox restrictions.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.0

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published2/11/2026

Last Modified4/2/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

apple:ipadosapple:iphone_osapple:macosapple:visionos

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362CWE-367

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126346(product-security@apple.com)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126347(product-security@apple.com)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126348(product-security@apple.com)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126350(product-security@apple.com)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126353(product-security@apple.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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