CVE-2026-26224 Intego Log Reporter TOCTOU Local Privilege Escalation
Local attackers can exploit a race condition in Intego Log Reporter to escalate privileges to root via arbitrary file writes.
- 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-2026-26224?
CVE-2026-26224 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intego Log Reporter, published on 12 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Intego Log Reporter, a macOS diagnostic utility bundled with Intego security products that collects system and application logs for support analysis, contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A root-executed diagnostic script creates and writes files in /tmp without enforcing secure directory handling, introducing a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition. A local unprivileged user can exploit a symlink-based race condition to cause arbitrary file writes to privileged system locations, resulting in privilege escalation to root.
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-26224?
How do I fix CVE-2026-26224?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-26224 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-26224 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-26224 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h5j4-jj3m-xgpg.