CVE-2026-24071
Privilege escalation via PID reuse in Native Access XPC service
Is CVE-2026-24071 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-24071 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 0.15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-24071?
CVE-2026-24071 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.3. 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-2026-24071?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-24071. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-24071 affect?
CVE-2026-24071 affects Native Access, macOS XPC service (privileged helper). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-24071?
Patch when available; audit/restrict privileged helper exposure; monitor XPC activity.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Local attacker can bypass code-signature verification by reusing PIDs in the XPC connection, enabling privilege escalation.
Immediate action required
- affectedverified up to 3.22.0
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.