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Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation

ID: c00c0544-7c48-53fc-a61a-1d5ee28f6196

STIX ID: report--c00c0544-7c48-53fc-a61a-1d5ee28f6196

Feed Name: Ars Technica Security (category)

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-08-14

Date Updated: 2026-08-14

Author: Dan Goodin

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Dutch authorities report active exploitation of CVE-2026-65400, a macOS screen-sharing vulnerability (severity 7.1) that can allow remote attackers to gain root on machines with port 5900 exposed; observed intrusions installed a Monero crypto miner and Apple has issued patches for Tahoe, Sequoia, and Sonoma.

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