Riskcovery

CVE-2026-78236

Insecure PIN derivation mechanism in Admin By Request (ABR)

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Aug 26, 2026
Updated
Aug 28, 2026
Reserved
Aug 24, 2026

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Description

An insecure PIN derivation mechanism in ABR allows a low-privileged user to escalate privileges to administrator by communicating over Cross-Process Communication (XPC) while masquerading as an Apple-signed process.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCSA

Weaknesses

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication
  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization
  • CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Admin By Request (ABR)Admin By Request (ABR)
  • 5.2.2 and belowAffected

References

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