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Sead Fadilpašić

A potentially dangerous macOS security flaw went unreported due to Apple being deluged by AI slop bug reports

The Apple M5 Pro and M5 Max chips against a black background.
  • Bynario disclosed CVE‑2026‑43760, a macOS RCE flaw allowing root file creation via legacy VNC password option
  • Apple patched it July 27, 2026 in macOS Tahoe 26.6 and Sonoma 14.8.8; unpatched users should disable Screen Sharing/Remote Management or the legacy VNC setting
  • Reporting was delayed as Apple limited submissions due to AI‑generated bug report overload, but the company reached out directly to fix this issue

Apple has fixed a high-severity vulnerability that allowed threat actors to execute malicious code remotely (RCE), as root, on certain macOS devices - and would have probably fixed the issue even sooner; had it not been flooded with AI slop vulnerability reports.

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