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CVE-2026-40599

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 42/100
Published: 2026-04-21 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: High
VI: High
VA: None

Description

ClearanceKit intercepts file-system access events on macOS and enforces per-process access policies. Prior to 5.0.5, ClearanceKit incorrectly treats a process with an empty Team ID and a non-empty Signing ID as an Apple platform binary. This bug allows a malicious software to impersonate an apple process in the global allowlist, and access all protected files. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.0.5.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
craigjbass clearancekit < 5.0.5

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

42 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.4 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.13%
Raw Score 0.001340
Percentile 2.9%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00134
2026-10-28
0.00134

Intelligence Sources

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