CVE•Published 2026-05-11•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-28978Apple · Macos
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5. A malicious app may be able to break out of its sandbox.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-11
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-28978Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Macos"Hosts Shodan identified as running Macos.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-28978Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-28978Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-28978Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-28978GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-28978" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-28978 on GitHub.