CVE-2026-43696

MEDIUMNVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-14. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

An authorization issue was addressed with improved entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27. An app may be able to capture Touch Bar content without authorization.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3MEDIUMhigh confidence
EG Risk
39
EG Risk 39/100CISA 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
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend 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 at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
19th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend 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 at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (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 17, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

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

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

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43696(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 15× in last 7d / 51× 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 11:21 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-04 11:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-03 09:29 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-03 09:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-02 05:44 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-02 05:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-10-01 03:18 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-01 03:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-30 01:25 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-30 01:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-28 16:45 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-28 16:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-27 14:40 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-27 14:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-26 12:47 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-26 12:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-25 10:53 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-25 10:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-24 08:37 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-24 08:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-23 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-23 06:44 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-23 06:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-22 04:52 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-22 04:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-21 02:59 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-21 02:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-20 20:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-20 01:06 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-20 01:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-18 23:14 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-18 23:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-17 21:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-17 20:34 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-17 20:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-17 19:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-17 11:58 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.30
  19. 2026-09-17 11:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-17 11:57 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.3 · severity → MEDIUM
  21. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-15 14:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-14 21:22 UTCNVD update
  25. 2026-09-14 20:57 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-14 20:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43696?
CVE-2026-43696 is a medium vulnerability published on September 14, 2026. An authorization issue was addressed with improved entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27. An app may be able to capture Touch Bar content without authorization.
When was CVE-2026-43696 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43696 was first published on September 14, 2026, with the most recent update on September 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43696 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43696 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (19th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43696?
CVE-2026-43696 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43696?
No fix for CVE-2026-43696 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-2026-43696 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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