Description
Improper certificate validation and a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the PrivilegedHelperTool XPC service in Cato Client before v.5.13.1 on macOS allows a local authenticated attacker to escalate privileges to root via a self-signed certificate that bypasses the XPC caller verification and a symlink swap during package installation.
Published: 2026-07-01
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper certificate validation and a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the PrivilegedHelperTool XPC service in Cato Client before v.5.13.1 on macOS allows a local authenticated attacker to escalate privileges to root via a self-signed certificate that bypasses the XPC caller verification and a symlink swap during package installation.
Title Improper XPC caller certificate validation and TOCTOU race condition in macOS PrivilegedHelperTool
Weaknesses CWE-295
CWE-367
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Cato

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-01T15:07:24.153Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T07:28:42.180Z

Link: CVE-2026-12374

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-01T15:07:21.240Z

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-01T18:30:15Z

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