Lack of Client Validation in Jamf Compliance Editor's Helper Service May Result in Privilege Escalation
Priority HIGH 67CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
The XPC service within the audit functionality of Jamf Compliance Editor before version 1.3.1 on macOS can lead to local privilege escalation.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00211 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Jamf Compliance Editor (JAMF): 1.3.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Jamf Compliance Editor (JAMF) Fixed in 1.3.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-4395
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-68wq-r58h-5q45
References
Patch 2
More Jamf vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-12743 An issue was discovered in Jamf Pro 9.x and 10.x before 10.15.1. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-16676 The server in Jamf Pro before 10.32.0 has an SSRF vulnerability, aka PI-006352. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-14930 There is broken access control during authentication in Jamf Pro Server before 10.46.1. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-17742 An issue was discovered in Jamf Pro before 10.32.0, aka PI-009921. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2018-07375 Jamf Pro 10.x before 10.3.0 has Incorrect Access Control. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-12012 Jamf Private Access before 2022-05-16 has Incorrect Access Control, in which an… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-4395 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-4395 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-68wq-r58h-5q45 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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