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Apple macOS EUVDEUVD-2026-77911

| CVE-2026-86889 MEDIUM
Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295)
2026-09-14 apple GHSA-6fvx-gp4r-8x93
4.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: apple
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Vendor (apple) PRIMARY
4.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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4.8 MEDIUM

On-path interception needs a privileged network position, so AC:H; no auth or interaction required, and only partial confidentiality/integrity impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (apple).

CVSS VectorVendor: apple

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

6
Metadata Corrected
Sep 15, 2026 - 16:40 vuln.today
tag: macOS added
Analysis Generated
Sep 15, 2026 - 16:23 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Sep 15, 2026 - 16:22 NVD
4.8 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Sep 14, 2026 - 22:19 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 14, 2026 - 20:50 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Sep 14, 2026 - 20:50 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.8

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

Improper certificate validation in Apple macOS allows an attacker positioned on the network path between the victim and a remote endpoint to intercept and potentially modify traffic that should have been protected by TLS. The flaw affects macOS Sequoia before 15.8, macOS Tahoe before 26.7, and macOS Golden Gate versions before 27, and is rated CVSS 4.8 (network vector but high attack complexity), with an EPSS score of only 0.12% (2nd percentile) and no public exploit or CISA KEV listing at time of analysis. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires the attacker to already occupy a privileged on-path network position relative to the victim Mac - for example a malicious or compromised Wi-Fi access point, an upstream router, an ISP-level vantage point, or ARP/DNS spoofing on a shared segment - so that the attacker can interpose on the TLS handshake. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N (4.8) is internally consistent with the description: exploitation is unauthenticated and requires no user interaction, but the AC:H metric reflects the hard prerequisite that the attacker must already occupy a privileged network position (on-path/Man-in-the-Middle), which sharply limits who can actually exploit it. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Vendor-released patch: update to macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7, or macOS Golden Gate 27, depending on the branch the device tracks - all three updates are documented in Apple advisories https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035, https://support.apple.com/en-us/149042, and https://support.apple.com/en-us/149043 (the vulnerability is described as addressed via improved certificate validation). … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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