CVE-2026-20602

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

T

he issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, macOS Tahoe 26.3, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

References

Link	Resource
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126348	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126349	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126350	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

History

18 Feb 2026, 16:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-400

13 Feb 2026, 19:04

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-02-11 23:16

Updated : 2026-02-18 16:22

NVD link : CVE-2026-20602

Mitre link : CVE-2026-20602

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-20602

JSON object : View

Products Affected

macos

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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