Waves Central for macOS versions 13.0.9 through 16.5.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A trusted XPC client component included with the product is signed with hardened runtime entitlements that permit dynamic library injection. A local attacker can set the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable to inject an attacker-controlled dynamic library into the trusted client process at launch. The injected code runs within the signed process and can connect to the product's privileged helper service to invoke privileged operations, resulting in arbitrary code execution as root. The issue is fixed in version 16.6.2.

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The issue is fixed in version 16.6.2 or higher which can be downloaded at the vendor's download page at https://www.waves.com/downloads/central


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Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Waves Audio
Waves Audio waves Central
Vendors & Products Waves Audio
Waves Audio waves Central

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Description Waves Central for macOS versions 13.0.9 through 16.5.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A trusted XPC client component included with the product is signed with hardened runtime entitlements that permit dynamic library injection. A local attacker can set the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable to inject an attacker-controlled dynamic library into the trusted client process at launch. The injected code runs within the signed process and can connect to the product's privileged helper service to invoke privileged operations, resulting in arbitrary code execution as root. The issue is fixed in version 16.6.2.
Title Local Privilege Escalation via Dynamic Library Injection in Waves Central for macOS
Weaknesses CWE-426
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: SEC-VLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-10T14:32:20.781Z

Reserved: 2026-01-21T11:29:19.853Z

Link: CVE-2026-24064

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-10T14:08:20.876Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-06-09T16:16:39.350

Modified: 2026-06-10T15:16:32.460

Link: CVE-2026-24064

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-09T20:20:32Z

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