A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. An attacker with physical access may be able to silently persist an Apple Account on an erased device.

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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-359
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:15:00 +0000

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Title Physical Access Enables Silent Apple Account Persistence on Erased macOS Devices
Weaknesses CWE-284

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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Title Physical Access Enables Silent Apple Account Persistence on Erased macOS Devices
Weaknesses CWE-284

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.8. An attacker with physical access may be able to silently persist an Apple Account on an erased device.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-17T15:14:00.363Z

Reserved: 2026-03-03T16:36:03.969Z

Link: CVE-2026-28836

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T15:13:09.955Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-09-14T21:17:05.047

Modified: 2026-09-17T16:17:25.913

Link: CVE-2026-28836

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-16T11:00:23Z

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