CVE-2026-40599 | craigjbass clearancekit up to 5.0.4 authorization (GHSA-w253-42qp-5f2x / EUVD-2026-24209)

VDB-358545 · CVE-2026-40599 · GHSA-W253-42QP-5F2X CRAIGJBASS CLEARANCEKIT UP TO 5.0.4 AUTHORIZATION HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 5.1 $0-$5k 1.45+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability was found in craigjbass clearancekit up to 5.0.4. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-40599. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended. Detailsinfo A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in craigjbass clearancekit up to 5.0.4. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is: 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. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-40599 since 04/14/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. Upgrading to version 5.0.5 eliminates this vulnerability. The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-24209). Productinfo Vendor craigjbass Name clearancekit Version 5.0.0 5.0.1 5.0.2 5.0.3 5.0.4 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: 5.3 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1 VulDB Base Score: 5.3 VulDB Temp Score: 5.1 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: Authorization CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266 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 5.0.5 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-w253-42qp-5f2x Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-40599 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-40599 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-358545 EUVD: 🔒 Entryinfo Created: 04/21/2026 20:53 Updated: 04/21/2026 21:28 Changes: 04/21/2026 20:53 (66), 04/21/2026 21:28 (1) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:EC2:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸