Slate Digital Connect 1.37.0 for macOS installs a privileged helper tool, com.slatedigital.connect.privileged.helper.tool, which exposes the XPC service com.slatedigital.connect.privileged.helper.tool2. The helper validates connecting XPC clients by checking only the subject.OU value of the client's signing certificate and does not verify that the certificate chains to a trusted code-signing authority. A local attacker can sign a malicious client with a self-signed certificate containing the expected organizational unit value and connect to the privileged XPC service. This allows unauthorized access to privileged helper functionality and may lead to local privilege escalation.
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Description Slate Digital Connect 1.37.0 for macOS installs a privileged helper tool, com.slatedigital.connect.privileged.helper.tool, which exposes the XPC service com.slatedigital.connect.privileged.helper.tool2. The helper validates connecting XPC clients by checking only the subject.OU value of the client's signing certificate and does not verify that the certificate chains to a trusted code-signing authority. A local attacker can sign a malicious client with a self-signed certificate containing the expected organizational unit value and connect to the privileged XPC service. This allows unauthorized access to privileged helper functionality and may lead to local privilege escalation.
Title Slate Digital Connect macOS XPC certificate validation privilege escalation
Weaknesses CWE-296
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: SEC-VLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-10T11:43:53.830Z

Reserved: 2026-01-21T11:29:19.853Z

Link: CVE-2026-24066

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-10T12:16:25.223

Modified: 2026-06-10T12:16:25.223

Link: CVE-2026-24066

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-10T13:30:06Z