# CVE-2024-55968: Missing authorization in n/a

> Attackers can escalate privileges to root on macOS by exploiting missing client validation in the DTEX Forwarder XPC service.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3626-w2c4-wvvc

## What is CVE-2024-55968?

CVE-2024-55968 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in DTEX DEC-M (DTEX Forwarder) 6.1.1. The com.dtexsystems.helper service, responsible for handling privileged operations within the macOS DTEX Event Forwarder agent, fails to implement critical client validation during XPC interprocess communication (IPC). Specifically, the service does not verify the code requirements, entitlements, security flags, or version of any client attempting to establish a connection. This lack of proper logic validation allows malicious actors to exploit the service's methods via unauthorized client connections, and escalate privileges to root by abusing the DTConnectionHelperProtocol protocol's submitQuery method over an unauthorized XPC connection.

Weakness: CWE-267 (Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-55968?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-55968?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-55968 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-55968 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-55968 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Exploit POC Code for CVE-2024-55968 (github_poc): https://github.com/Wi1DN00B/CVE-2024-55968
- POC for DTEX LPE (CVE-2024-55968) (github_poc): https://github.com/null-event/CVE-2024-55968

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-55968 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-55968 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-55968 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2024-55968/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55968/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-55968
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55968
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-55968

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