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CVE-2026-40604

ClearanceKit intercepts file-system access events on macOS and enforces per-process access policies. Prior to 5.0.6, the opfilter Endpoint Security system extension (bundle ID uk.craigbass.clearancekit.opfilter) can be suspended with SIGSTOP or kill -STOP, or killed with SIGKILL/SIGTERM, by any process running as root. While the extension is suspended, all AUTH Endpoint Security events time out and default to allow, silently disabling ClearanceKit's file-access policy enforcement for the duratio
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:04e89c2a711e352c59ff6fd131a5b8e4dd2d5972fe2c871946ae4581eb4f5f20
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"clearancekit","vendor":"craigjbass","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 5.0.6"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0ec5a1ddf2d80ba41022e4f43c9d444aef66ad83b0a1c739210a498c9858389c · sha256:d69a5d1e43b37791… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":8.2,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0ec5a1ddf2d80ba41022e4f43c9d444aef66ad83b0a1c739210a498c9858389c · sha256:d69a5d1e43b37791… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-693","description":"CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0ec5a1ddf2d80ba41022e4f43c9d444aef66ad83b0a1c739210a498c9858389c · sha256:d69a5d1e43b37791… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"name":"https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/security/advisories/GHSA-5r9w-9fg6-266q","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/security/advisories/GHSA-5r9w-9fg6-266q"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0ec5a1ddf2d80ba41022e4f43c9d444aef66ad83b0a1c739210a498c9858389c · sha256:d69a5d1e43b37791… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

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

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