CVE-2026-24064 Local Privilege Escalation via Dynamic Library Injection in Waves Central for macOS
A local attacker can inject a malicious library into a trusted process to execute arbitrary code as root on macOS systems running Waves Central.
- 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-2026-24064?
CVE-2026-24064 is a high-severity vulnerability in Waves Central, published on 9 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-24064?
How do I fix CVE-2026-24064?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-24064 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-24064 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-24064 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6fpq-hqx5-5mq2.