Privilege escalation in Craigjbass Clearancekit

CVE-2026-34218

ClearanceKit intercepts file-system access events on macOS and enforces per-process access policies. Prior to version 4.2.14, two related startup defects created a window during which only the single compile-time baseline rule was enforced…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.000 (0.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Craigjbass Clearancekit — versions < 4.2.14

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/security/advisories/GHSA-fpmv-5wgw-qhhr (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/commit/56d617b778c571e3c29b803636d9807940992daa (x_refsource_MISC)
https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/commit/ddfdacb2633681bbd9c2f41dbd536ea039386628 (x_refsource_MISC)