CVE-2026-24067
HighCVSS 8.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs
Summary
Slate Digital Connect version 1.37.0 for macOS installs a privileged helper tool that exposes the XPC service to race conditions related to process identifiers. A local attacker can exploit PID reuse, leading to unauthorized access to privileged helper functionality.
Risk Assessment
The organization may be vulnerable to local privilege escalation, potentially allowing unauthorized access to sensitive system functions.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update Slate Digital Connect to the latest version to mitigate the vulnerability and to monitor systems for potential privilege escalation attempts.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.