CVE-2026-43689

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-14. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, visionOS 27. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
3rd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 14, 2026

Last Modified

September 15, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Sep 14, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

About the security content of iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149041
generic

About the security content of visionOS 27 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149038
generic

About the security content of macOS Golden Gate 27 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149035
generic

About the security content of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/149034

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43689(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 26× in last 7d / 83× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 11:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-04 00:28 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-04 00:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-03 13:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 01:55 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-03 01:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-02 14:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-02 03:23 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-02 03:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-10-01 15:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-10-01 04:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-30 17:13 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-30 17:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-30 04:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-29 17:07 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-29 17:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-29 05:49 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-29 05:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-28 18:33 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-28 18:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-28 06:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-27 18:43 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-27 18:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-27 07:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-26 20:07 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-26 20:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-26 08:28 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-26 08:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-25 20:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-25 08:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-24 21:41 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-24 21:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-24 09:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-23 22:07 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-23 22:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-23 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-23 10:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-22 23:34 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-22 23:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-22 12:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-22 00:52 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-22 00:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-21 13:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-21 02:20 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-21 02:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-20 20:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-09-20 15:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-20 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-19 16:31 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-09-19 16:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-19 05:14 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-09-19 05:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-09-18 17:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-18 06:42 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-09-18 06:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-17 19:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-09-17 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-17 05:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-16 18:13 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-09-16 18:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-09-16 06:56 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-16 06:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-09-15 19:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-15 15:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-15 04:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-15 04:04 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-09-15 04:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-14 23:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-14 22:55 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.80
  53. 2026-09-14 22:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-09-14 22:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  55. 2026-09-14 21:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-09-14 21:22 UTCNVD update
  57. 2026-09-14 21:01 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-09-14 20:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43689?
CVE-2026-43689 is a high vulnerability published on September 14, 2026. A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, visionOS 27. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
When was CVE-2026-43689 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43689 was first published on September 14, 2026, with the most recent update on September 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43689 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43689 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (3rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43689?
CVE-2026-43689 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43689?
No fix for CVE-2026-43689 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-43689 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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