CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-32323

HighCVSS 7.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.11%

1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs

Summary

Mullvad VPN on macOS versions 2026.1 and below allows local privilege escalation during installation or upgrade. The installer executes binaries from /Applications/Mullvad VPN.app without verifying if the bundle is attacker-controlled.

Risk Assessment

A user in the admin group can place a crafted application bundle and achieve code execution as root, leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Update Mullvad VPN to version 2026.2-beta1 or later.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Mullvad VPN is a VPN client app for desktop and mobile. When using macOS with versions 2026.1 and below, Mullvad VPN may allow local privilege escalation during installation or upgrade. The installer package executes binaries from /Applications/Mullvad VPN.app without verifying if the bundle is attacker-controlled or that the path is the legitimate Mullvad application. A user in the admin group can pre-place a crafted application bundle at that location and may be able to achieve code execution as root. Since the issue only affected the installer, there is no immediate need for users to update if they are already running an older version. This issue has been fixed in version 2026.2-beta1.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS