CVE-2026-40604 | craigjbass clearancekit up to 5.0.5 AUTH Endpoint protection mechanism (GHSA-5r9w-9fg6-266q / EUVD-2026-24213)

VDB-358548 · CVE-2026-40604 · GHSA-5R9W-9FG6-266Q CRAIGJBASS CLEARANCEKIT UP TO 5.0.5 AUTH ENDPOINT PROTECTION MECHANISM HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 4.0 $0-$5k 2.90+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in craigjbass clearancekit up to 5.0.5. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component AUTH Endpoint. The manipulation results in protection mechanism. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-40604. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component. Detailsinfo A vulnerability was found in craigjbass clearancekit up to 5.0.5. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component AUTH Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes: ClearanceKit intercepts file-system access events on macOS and enforces per-process access policies. Prior to 5.0.6, the opfilter Endpoint Security system extension (bundle ID uk.craigbass.clearancekit.opfilter) can be suspended with SIGSTOP or kill -STOP, or killed with SIGKILL/SIGTERM, by any process running as root. While the extension is suspended, all AUTH Endpoint Security events time out and default to allow, silently disabling ClearanceKit's file-access policy enforcement for the duration of the suspension. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.0.6. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-40604 since 04/14/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. Upgrading to version 5.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability. The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-24213). Productinfo Vendor craigjbass Name clearancekit Version 5.0.0 5.0.1 5.0.2 5.0.3 5.0.4 5.0.5 Website Product: https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA CVSS-B Score: 🔒 CNA CVSS-BT Score: 🔒 CNA Vector: 🔒 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.2 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0 VulDB Base Score: 4.2 VulDB Temp Score: 4.0 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Protection mechanism CWE: CWE-693 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: Partially Local: Yes Remote: No Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: Upgrade Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Upgrade: clearancekit 5.0.6 Timelineinfo 04/14/2026 CVE reserved 04/21/2026 +7 days Advisory disclosed 04/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Product: github.com Advisory: GHSA-5r9w-9fg6-266q Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-40604 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-40604 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-358548 EUVD: 🔒 Entryinfo Created: 04/21/2026 20:53 Updated: 04/21/2026 21:28 Changes: 04/21/2026 20:53 (67), 04/21/2026 21:28 (1) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:938:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸