Local app access to sensitive user data
Published Feb 11, 2026 · Updated Feb 11, 2026
Information disclosure in Siri in Apple macOS before 26.3 allows local users to access sensitive user data through an app. Apple has not disclosed what Siri data-protection boundary failed or how an app reaches the protected information. Exploitation requires local app execution and user interaction; the published impact is limited to confidentiality, with no integrity or availability effect.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Siri in Apple macOS before 26.3 allows local users to access sensitive user data through an app. Apple has not disclosed what Siri data-protection boundary failed or how an app reaches the protected information. Exploitation requires local app execution and user interaction; the published impact is limited to confidentiality, with no integrity or availability effect.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-20647
- Published
- Feb 11, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- macOS
- Classifications
- CWE-200
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <26.3
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