CVE-2021-41388 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published 4 Jan 2022 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Netskope macOS client allows low-privileged users to execute code as root via insecure XPC service connections.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-41388?

CVE-2021-41388 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Netskope client prior to 89.x on macOS is impacted by a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The XPC implementation of nsAuxiliarySvc process does not perform validation on new connections before accepting the connection. Thus any low privileged user can connect and call external methods defined in XPC service as root, elevating their privilege to the highest level.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-41388?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Netskope Netskope.

How do I fix CVE-2021-41388?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41388 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-41388 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41388 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7hpm-hh7x-5m56.