VDB
CVE-2026-20617
CVE-2026-20617
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.100000381469727 CRITICAL
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3, macOS Tahoe 26.3, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, visionOS 26.3, iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
EPSS 0.02% · 4.4th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 4.0
9.100000381469727
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS Score
0.02%
4.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| apple | watchos | 0 |
| apple | visionos | 0 |
| apple | macos | 14.0, 26.0 |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | 0 |
| Apple | macOS | 0, 0 |
| apple | iphone_os | 0 |
| Apple | tvOS | 0 |
| Apple | watchOS | 0 |
| Apple | visionOS | 0 |
| apple | ipados | 0 |
| apple | tvos | 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2026-20617 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2026-20617 (circl-sighting)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126346 (circl)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126348 (circl)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126350 (circl)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126351 (circl)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126352 (circl)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126353 (circl)
- ios_v2_generated.go (github-poc)
- ios_v1_generated.go (github-poc)
…and 33 more exploits
Timeline
- Feb 11, 2026 CVE Published
- Feb 12, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 12, 2026 PoC Published
- Feb 12, 2026 PoC Published
- Feb 14, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 16, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 18, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 20, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 22, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 24, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 26, 2026 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126346 advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126353 advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126347 advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126352 advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126348 advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126349 advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126351 advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126350 advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126354 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20617 advisory