# CVE-2024-14032: Twitch Studio LauncherHelper XPC Missing Authorization to Root File Write

> Local attackers can exploit an unprotected XPC service in Twitch Studio to overwrite system files and execute arbitrary code as root.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 6 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pp7p-6p72-cqxg

## What is CVE-2024-14032?

CVE-2024-14032 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Twitch Studio, published on 6 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Twitch Studio version 0.114.8 and prior contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper tool that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by exploiting an unprotected XPC service. Attackers can invoke the installFromPath:toPath:withReply: method to overwrite system files and privileged binaries, achieving full system compromise. Twitch Studio was discontinued in May 2024.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-14032?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Twitch Twitch Studio.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-14032?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-14032 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-14032 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-14032 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-14032 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-14032 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Twitch Studio, published on 6 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-14032 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Twitch Studio. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-14032/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-14032/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-14032
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-14032
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-14032

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-14032/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.