CVE-2026-20617
HighCVSS 7.0Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs
Summary
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue affects Apple systems (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS) and may allow an app to gain root privileges.
Risk Assessment
An app could gain full control over the system, potentially leading to unauthorized data access and malware installation.
Recommendation
Update systems to the patched versions listed in the description.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple operating systems
See all- CVE-2023-40403Medium
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. It is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. Processing web content may disclose sensitive information.
- CVE-2026-64774Critical
An integer overflow vulnerability was addressed with improved input validation. The issue affects iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS. A remote attacker may cause unexpected application termination or heap corruption.
- CVE-2026-64772Critical
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. Affects iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS. A remote attacker may cause unexpected application termination or heap corruption.
- CVE-2026-64771Critical
A buffer overflow vulnerability was addressed with improved bounds checking. The issue affects iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS. A remote attacker may cause unexpected application termination or heap corruption.
- CVE-2026-64770Critical
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. The issue affects iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS. A remote attacker may cause unexpected application termination or heap corruption.
- CVE-2026-64769Critical
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. The issue affects iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS. A remote attacker may cause unexpected application termination or heap corruption.
- CVE-2026-64746Critical
An authorization issue was addressed with improved validation. Affects iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS, and watchOS. An app may add contacts without user authorization.
- CVE-2026-64726Critical
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. Affects iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS. An attacker in physical proximity may corrupt process memory.
- CVE-2026-43812Critical
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. Affects iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS. An app may cause unexpected system termination.
- CVE-2026-43809Critical
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. Affects iOS, iPadOS, macOS. An app may cause unexpected system termination.
Original NVD description (English source)
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3, macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26.3, tvOS 26.3, visionOS 26.3, watchOS 26.3. An app may be able to gain root privileges.