Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-112531 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-112531 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-112531?
- Informational severity, published 26 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- macOS Golden Gate before 27.2; macOS Sequoia before 15.8.2; macOS Tahoe before 26.7.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-112531?
- Yes: fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-112531 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-112531?
- Check whether you run macOS Golden Gate, macOS Sequoia or macOS Tahoe at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2
Technical details
A use after free vulnerability in Apple's AppleRAID component allows an attacker to reference memory that has been freed, potentially causing system termination or memory corruption. The issue affects local attack scope with app-level privileges; exploitation requires a malicious application to be running on the system. The fix improves memory management to prevent accessing freed memory regions.
Affected products
- macOS Golden Gate before 27.2
- macOS Tahoe before 26.7.2
- macOS Sequoia before 15.8.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-26: disclosed