What is CVE-2026-32323?

CVE-2026-32323 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mullvad Vpn, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2026-05-19.

How severe is CVE-2026-32323?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Mullvad Vpn

CVE-2026-32323

Mullvad VPN is a VPN client app for desktop and mobile. When using macOS with versions 2026.1 and below, Mullvad VPN may allow local privilege escalation during installation or upgrade. The installer package executes binaries from /Applications/Mullvad VPN.app without verifying if the bundle is attacker-controlled or that the path is the legitimate Mullvad application. A user in the admin group can pre-place a crafted application bundle at that location and may be able to achieve code execution as root. Since the issue only affected the installer, there is no immediate need for users to update if they are already running an older version. This issue has been fixed in version 2026.2-beta1.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2026-05-19 · last modified 2026-07-24.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (1.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 1st percentile — 1.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mullvad Vpn
Mullvad Mullvadvpn-App — versions < 2026.2-beta1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-32323?: CVE-2026-32323 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mullvad Vpn, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2026-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2026-32323?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.