Insufficient XPC Client validation leading to local privilege escalation in Arturia Software Center
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
The "Privileged Helper" component of the Arturia Software Center (MacOS) does not perform sufficient client code signature validation when a client connects. This leads to an attacker being able to connect to the helper and execute privileged actions leading to local privilege escalation.
Why it matters now
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
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-24062
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wr36-4m3g-vx95
References
Advisory 1
More Arturia vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-19390 World-writable uninstall script executed as root in Arturia Software Center CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-24062 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-24062 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wr36-4m3g-vx95 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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