Apple macOS Sequoia Sandbox Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Allowing Access to Private Information

Vulnerability

A vulnerability exists in macOS Sequoia 15.1, where a malicious application with root privileges could access private information. This issue arises from a permissions flaw that has been addressed with additional restrictions.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive private information.

Added: Apr 2, 2026, 8:51 PM
Updated: Apr 2, 2026, 8:51 PM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
8.4
impact
2.5
exploitability
2.8
remediation
7.7
relevance
5.1
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.0

Our algorithm analyzes dozens of metrics to generate these 8 key vulnerability categories, which are then combined to calculate the overall risk score.