CVE-2026-86819 (GCVE-0-2026-86819)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 20:22 – Updated: 2026-09-14 13:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Waves Central local privilege escalation via Improper XPC Client Authentication in macOS
Summary
Waves Central for macOS contains a local privilege escalation in the privileged helper service. The helper authorizes connecting XPC clients by comparing the caller's code-signing certificate chain for equality with its own, rather than validating the caller against a pinned code requirement (application identifier and Team ID). A local, authenticated user can execute code within the vendor-signed process, satisfy the helper's client check, and cause the helper to execute a script with root privileges. Fixed in 17.0.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · cisa-cg (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-04 19:25 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.waves.com/downloads/release-notes#v17 | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86819 | vdb-entry |
| https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/de… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waves Audio Ltd. | Waves Central |
Affected:
16.6.2 , < 17.0
(semver)
Unaffected: 17.0 |
guessed |
Date Public
2026-09-08 00:00
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