{"id":"CVE-2026-24065","aliases":["EUVD-2026-35448","GHSA-hmpm-h2c9-p557"],"status":"published","title":"Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure XPC Client Validation in Waves Central for macOS","description":"Waves Central for macOS versions 13.0.9 through 16.5.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the privileged helper service. The helper validates connecting XPC clients using the client process identifier (PID) to verify code-signing identity. Because process identifiers can be reused, a local attacker can exploit a race condition between the time a connection request is made and the time the helper performs validation, causing the helper to trust an attacker-controlled process. This allows the attacker to invoke privileged operations, resulting in arbitrary code execution as root. The issue is fixed in version 16.6.2.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"adp","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00323,"percentile":0.25513,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-367"],"published":"2026-06-09T14:50:15Z","modified":"2026-07-23T08:10:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"waves audio ltd.","product":"waves central"}],"references":[{"url":"https://r.sec-consult.com/waves","tags":["third-party-advisory"]},{"url":"https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/multiple-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-in-waves-audio-waves-central/","tags":["exploit"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24065"},{"url":"https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/multiple-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-in-waves-audio-waves-central"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hmpm-h2c9-p557"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-24065","title":"Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure XPC Client Validation in Waves Central for macOS","description":"Waves Central for macOS versions 13.0.9 through 16.5.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the privileged helper service. The helper validates connecting XPC clients using the client process identifier (PID) to verify code-signing identity. Because process identifiers can be reused, a local attacker can exploit a race condition between the time a connection request is made and the time the helper performs validation, causing the helper to trust an attacker-controlled process. This allows the attacker to invoke privileged operations, resulting in arbitrary code execution as root. The issue is fixed in version 16.6.2.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-09T14:50:15.583Z","modified":"2026-06-09T15:58:35.788Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-367"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:19:50.92611Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-35448","description":"Waves Central for macOS versions 13.0.9 through 16.5.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the privileged helper service. 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This allows the attacker to invoke privileged operations, resulting in arbitrary code execution as root. The issue is fixed in version 16.6.2.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-09T18:30:39Z","modified":"2026-06-09T18:30:47Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-367"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:08:40.95868Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-24065","description":"Waves Central for macOS versions 13.0.9 through 16.5.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the privileged helper service. The helper validates connecting XPC clients using the client process identifier (PID) to verify code-signing identity. Because process identifiers can be reused, a local attacker can exploit a race condition between the time a connection request is made and the time the helper performs validation, causing the helper to trust an attacker-controlled process. This allows the attacker to invoke privileged operations, resulting in arbitrary code execution as root. The issue is fixed in version 16.6.2.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-09T16:16:39.477Z","modified":"2026-07-23T08:10:00.137Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-367"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:23.109705Z"}]}}