TI-2024-05787 Aliases CVE-2024-6240 GHSA-x5f6-gmwc-2843

Improper privilege management in Parallels Desktop

MEDIUM 43CWE-269Published 2024-06-21 · Updated 2024-08-01

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

Improper privilege management vulnerability in Parallels Desktop Software, which affects versions earlier than 19.3.0. An attacker could add malicious code in a script and populate the BASH_ENV environment variable with the path to the malicious script, executing on application startup. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges on the system.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00317 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Parallels Desktop (Parallels): 19.3.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Parallels	Parallels Desktop	before 19.3.0	19.3.0	Patch available	CNA

Parallels Desktop VendorParallels Affected before 19.3.0 Fixed in 19.3.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop::::::macos::*	before 19.3.0	Vulnerable	Parallels

cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* Versions before 19.3.0 Vulnerable ·Parallels

Remediation

Fix · CNA Parallels Desktop (Parallels) Fixed in 19.3.0

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6240
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x5f6-gmwc-2843

References

Advisory 1

https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/improper-privilege-management-vulnerability-parallels-desktop

TI-2025-22549 Path traversal in Parallels Desktop for Mac CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-36288 Link following in Parallels Desktop for Mac CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2024-35227 Link following in Parallels Desktop for Mac CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2024-24264 Link following in Parallels Desktop for Mac CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2023-12061 Path traversal in Parallels Desktop CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.2
TI-2023-27459 Out-of-bounds write in Parallels Desktop CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.3

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Sources

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