Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-39875

Title: Privilege Escalation in macOS via Malicious App

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2026-39875

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jul 27, 2026

Modified Date Aug 05, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.8 CVSS v

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.17%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-39875: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

Impacted Vendors

apple 1

Reference Links

https://support.apple.com/en-us/128067 https://support.apple.com/en-us/128071 https://support.apple.com/en-us/128072

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-39875 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/mac-123456789-lab/CVE-2026-39875-macOS-CUPS-LPE

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GitHub https://github.com/5ky9uy/CVE-2026-39875-macOS-CUPS

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August 05, 2026 MODIFIED