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APPLE-SA-02-11-2026-5 macOS Sonoma 14.8.4

macOS Sonoma 14.8.4 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/126350.

Apple maintains a Security Releases page at
https://support.apple.com/100100 which lists recent
software updates with security advisories.

AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An injection issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-20624: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was
addressed with improved path validation.
CVE-2026-20625: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Ryan Dowd (@_rdowd)

CFNetwork
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote user may be able to write arbitrary files
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2026-20660: Amy (amys.website)

Compression
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2025-43403: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted media file may lead to
unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-20611: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

CoreMedia
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial-of-
service or potentially disclose memory contents
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-20609: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit)

CoreServices
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state
handling.
CVE-2026-20617: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman), Csaba Fitzl
(@theevilbit) of Iru

CoreServices
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved
validation.
CVE-2026-20615: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Iru and Gergely Kalman
(@gergely_kalman)

CoreServices
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2025-46283: an anonymous researcher

CoreServices
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An issue existed in the handling of environment variables.
This issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2026-20627: an anonymous researcher

File Bookmark
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2025-43417: Ron Elemans

GPU Drivers
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or read kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved
input validation.
CVE-2026-20620: Murray Mike

ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted media file may lead to
unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2025-43338: 이동하 (Lee Dong Ha) of SSA Lab

ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in disclosure
of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-20634: George Karchemsky (@gkarchemsky) working with Trend
Micro Zero Day Initiative

ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to disclosure of
user information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2026-20675: George Karchemsky (@gkarchemsky) working with Trend
Micro Zero Day Initiative

Kernel
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to
intercept network traffic
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-20671: Xin'an Zhou, Juefei Pu, Zhutian Liu, Zhiyun Qian,
Zhaowei Tan, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, Mathy Vanhoef

libexpat
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial-of-
service
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple
Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a
third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2025-59375

libnetcore
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to
intercept network traffic
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-20671: Xin'an Zhou, Juefei Pu, Zhutian Liu, Zhiyun Qian,
Zhaowei Tan, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, Mathy Vanhoef

libxpc
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-20667: an anonymous researcher

Mail
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Turning off "Load remote content in messages” may not apply to
all mail previews
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-20673: an anonymous researcher

Messages
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A shortcut may be able to bypass sandbox restrictions
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved handling of
symbolic links.
CVE-2026-20677: Ron Masas of BreakPoint.SH

Model I/O
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected
app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved
bounds checking.
CVE-2026-20616: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day
Initiative

Multi-Touch
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A malicious HID device may cause an unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2025-43533: Google Threat Analysis Group
CVE-2025-46300: Google Threat Analysis Group
CVE-2025-46301: Google Threat Analysis Group
CVE-2025-46302: Google Threat Analysis Group
CVE-2025-46303: Google Threat Analysis Group
CVE-2025-46304: Google Threat Analysis Group
CVE-2025-46305: Google Threat Analysis Group

PackageKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An attacker with root privileges may be able to delete protected
system files
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-46310: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Remote Management
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved
validation.
CVE-2026-20614: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman)

Sandbox
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional
restrictions.
CVE-2026-20628: Noah Gregory (wts.dev)

Security
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-46290: Bing Shi, Wenchao Li and Xiaolong Bai of Alibaba Group,
and Luyi Xing of Indiana University Bloomington

Shortcuts
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was
addressed with improved path validation.
CVE-2026-20653: Enis Maholli (enismaholli.com)

Spotlight
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: A sandboxed app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: The issue was addressed with additional restrictions on the
observability of app states.
CVE-2026-20680: an anonymous researcher

Spotlight
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-20612: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

StoreKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to identify what other apps a user has
installed
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2026-20641: Gongyu Ma (@Mezone0)

UIKit
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2026-20606: LeminLimez

Voice Control
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to crash a system process
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-20605: @cloudlldb of @pixiepointsec

Wi-Fi
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2026-20621: Wang Yu of Cyberserval

WindowServer
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or
corrupt process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-43402: @cloudlldb of @pixiepointsec

WindowServer
Available for: macOS Sonoma
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.
CVE-2026-20602: @cloudlldb of @pixiepointsec

Additional recognition

CoreServices
We would like to acknowledge Golden Helm Securities, YingQi Shi
(@Mas0nShi) of DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab, Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of
Iru and Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman) for their assistance.

Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab for their
assistance.

libpthread
We would like to acknowledge Fabiano Anemone for their assistance.

WindowServer
We would like to acknowledge @cloudlldb of @pixiepointsec for their
assistance.

macOS Sonoma 14.8.4 may be obtained from the Mac App Store or
Apple's Software Downloads web site:
https://support.apple.com/downloads/

All information is also posted on the Apple Security Releases
web site: https://support.apple.com/100100.

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