CVE-2026-32323

High

Published: 19/05/2026(UTC)Translated: 15/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

Mullvad VPN is a VPN client app for desktop and mobile. In macOS versions 2026.1 and below, the Mullvad VPN installer may allow local privilege escalation during installation or upgrade.

Risk Assessment

An admin group user can pre-place a crafted application bundle at the installation location, potentially leading to code execution as root. This poses a security risk to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to version 2026.2-beta1 to mitigate this vulnerability. Users already on a newer version do not need to take immediate action.

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.