CVE-2026-12374
6.4
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber
Summary
Improper certificate validation and a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the PrivilegedHelperTool XPC service in Cato Client before v.5.13.1 on macOS allows a local authenticated attacker to escalate privileges to root via a self-signed certificate that bypasses the XPC caller verification and a symlink swap during package installation.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cato Networks | SDP Client | 5.12.0 < 5.13.1 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-295: CWE-295 Improper certificate validation
- CWE-367: CWE-367 Time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
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