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CVE-2026-40191

ClearanceKit intercepts file-system access events on macOS and enforces per-process access policies. Prior to 5.0.4-beta-1f46165, ClearanceKit's Endpoint Security event handler only checked the source path of dual-path file operations against File Access Authorization (FAA) rules and App Jail policies. The destination path was ignored entirely. This allowed any local process to bypass file-access protection by using rename, link, copyfile, exchangedata, or clone operations to place or replace f

Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:709e7cb174385d7ff31d6e4b021c919713741e1e34d8bfce305db35997d6e2a4

Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"product":"clearancekit","vendor":"craigjbass","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 5.0.4-beta-1f46165"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":6.8,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

1 source assertion

{"cweId":"CWE-863","description":"CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

2 source assertions

{"name":"https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/releases/tag/v5.0.4-1f46165","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/releases/tag/v5.0.4-1f46165"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"name":"https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/security/advisories/GHSA-92f3-38m7-579h","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/security/advisories/GHSA-92f3-38m7-579h"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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