CVE-2026-24068
Privilege escalation via unvalidated NSXPC calls in VSL helper.
Is CVE-2026-24068 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-24068 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.45% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-24068?
CVE-2026-24068 is rated High. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-24068?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-24068, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-24068 affect?
CVE-2026-24068 affects macOS NSXPC VSL privileged helper. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-24068?
Monitor OS updates; apply patch when available; audit privileged helper access.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Any local process can write files to any location and execute arbitrary commands via the unvalidated NSXPC endpoint, enabling local privilege escalation.
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- affected1.2.542
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.