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TI-2026-19391 Aliases CVE-2026-24064GHSA-6fpq-hqx5-5mq2

Local Privilege Escalation via Dynamic Library Injection in Waves Central for macOS

Priority HIGH 69CWE-426Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
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-426.

Summary

Waves Central for macOS versions 13.0.9 through 16.5.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A trusted XPC client component included with the product is signed with hardened runtime entitlements that permit dynamic library injection. A local attacker can set the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable to inject an attacker-controlled dynamic library into the trusted client process at launch. The injected code runs within the signed process and can connect to the product's privileged helper service to invoke privileged operations, resulting in arbitrary code execution as root. The issue is fixed in version 16.6.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00151 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Waves Audio Ltd.Waves Central13.0.9 – 16.5.5—No fix listedCNA
  • Waves Central VendorWaves Audio Ltd. Affected 13.0.9 – 16.5.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-24064
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6fpq-hqx5-5mq2

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-19392 Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure XPC Client Validation in Waves Central for macOS CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-59363 Waves Central local privilege escalation via Improper XPC Client Authentication in macOS CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4

Sources

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