CVE-2026-28952: Apple macOS 26.5 Kernel Vuln found by Claude
Apple has released macOS Tahoe 26.5, addressing several security vulnerabilities. The update includes fixes for issues that could lead to denial-of-service, unexpected system termination, and unauthorized access to private information. Users are encouraged to update their systems to mitigate these risks.
- ▪macOS Tahoe 26.5 was released on May 11, 2026.
- ▪The update addresses vulnerabilities that could allow apps to bypass privacy preferences and cause unexpected system termination.
- ▪Several issues were resolved with improved bounds checking and input validation.
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Record
| Original publisher | Apple Support |
| Canonical URL | https://support.apple.com/en-us/127115 |
| Publication time | Mon, 25 May 2026 23:40:40 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-26T00:07:40.867Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-26T00:34:15.988Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | N1dkiFeHLAKi |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
Rights status (four layers)
WeSearch handling by dimension
| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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<style> .inline-media-container.loading { background: none; } .inline-media-container.loading::after, .inline-media-container.loading-empty::after { display: none; content: none; } .inline-media-container.loading video { display: block !important; } </style> About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.5 This document describes the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.5. About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security releases page. Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible. For more information about security, see the Apple Product Security page.
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