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Critical 9.3Published Aug 6, 2026
CVE-2026-18367A privilege escalation vulnerability allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via Sophos Endpoint for macOS older than version 2026.1.1 and Sophos Home for macOS older than version 10.11.…
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A privilege escalation vulnerability allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via Sophos Endpoint for macOS older than version 2026.1.1 and Sophos Home for macOS older than version 10.11.6.
- CVSS
- 9.3 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-285
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Sophos
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Sophos Sophos Endpoint for macOS sophos:endpoint_for_macos (from the name) | before 2026.1.1 | CNA record |
Sophos Sophos Home for macOS sophos:home_for_macos (from the name) | before 10.11.6 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.sophos.com/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20260806-ep-macos-lpe
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