Improper certificate validation and a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the PrivilegedHelperTool XPC service in Cato Client before v.5.13.1 on macOS allows a local authenticated attacker to escalate privileges to root via a self-signed certificate that bypasses the XPC caller verification and a symlink swap during package installation.
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| Description | Improper certificate validation and a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the PrivilegedHelperTool XPC service in Cato Client before v.5.13.1 on macOS allows a local authenticated attacker to escalate privileges to root via a self-signed certificate that bypasses the XPC caller verification and a symlink swap during package installation. | |
| Title | Improper XPC caller certificate validation and TOCTOU race condition in macOS PrivilegedHelperTool | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-295 CWE-367 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Cato
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-01T15:07:24.153Z
Reserved: 2026-06-16T07:28:42.180Z
Link: CVE-2026-12374
Updated: 2026-07-01T15:07:21.240Z
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Updated: 2026-07-01T18:30:15Z