HIGHVulnerability

CVE-2026-78236

An insecure PIN derivation mechanism in ABR allows a low-privileged user to escalate privileges to administrator by communicating over Cross-Process Communication (XPC) while masquerading as an Apple-signed process.

Properties

severity
HIGH
score
8.8
epss_score
0.00094
cve_id
CVE-2026-78236
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
published_at
2026-08-26T08:16:46.600
last_modified
2026-09-03T16:59:26.287
epss_percentile
0.00646

Related Entities (6)

ENRICHED_BY (1)

[Source]FIRST EPSS

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

HAS_WEAKNESS (4)

[Weakness]Improper Authorization
[Weakness]Improper Authentication
[Weakness]Improper Access Control
[Weakness]Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

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