CVE-2026-24067 Slate Digital Connect macOS XPC PID validation privilege escalation
A local attacker can exploit a PID reuse race condition in the privileged helper tool to bypass validation and achieve local privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-24067?
CVE-2026-24067 is a high-severity vulnerability in Slate Digital Connect, published on 10 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Slate Digital Connect 1.37.0 for macOS installs a privileged helper tool, com.slatedigital.connect.privileged.helper.tool, which exposes the XPC service com.slatedigital.connect.privileged.helper.tool2. The helper validates connecting XPC clients by obtaining the client's process identifier and using it to retrieve code-signing information for the process. This PID-based client validation is subject to a time-of-check time-of-use race condition because process identifiers can be reused. A local attacker can exploit PID reuse so that validation is performed against a trusted process instead of the original connecting process. This allows unauthorized access to privileged helper functionality and may lead to local privilege escalation.
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-24067?
How do I fix CVE-2026-24067?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-24067 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-24067 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-24067 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gm33-xcxj-p624.