CVE-2026-20602 (GCVE-0-2026-20602)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-02-11 22:58
Modified
2026-04-02 18:19
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Summary
The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26.3. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: 0   < 14.8.4
Version: 0   < 15.7.4
Version: 0   < 26.3
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