Apple today seeded a third RC version of an upcoming macOS Big Sur 11.2 update to developers for testing purposes, with the new update coming a week after the second RC and more than two months after initial macOS Big Sur release.
Developers can download the updated macOS Big Sur 11.2 release candidate using the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences after installing the proper profile from the Apple Developer Center.
Today’s update may address a sudo vulnerability that could allow a local user to gain root privileges on macOS. It’s not clear if there’s a fix for the issue in the beta, but there is speculation that the vulnerability is the reason why Apple has yet to release macOS Big Sur 11.2.
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