Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure XPC Client Validation in Waves Central for macOS_CVE-2026-24065

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    "description": "Waves Central for macOS versions 13.0.9 through 16.5.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the privileged helper service. The helper validates connecting XPC clients using the client process identifier (PID) to verify code-signing identity. Because process identifiers can be reused, a local attacker can exploit a race condition between the time a connection request is made and the time the helper performs validation, causing the helper to trust an attacker-controlled process. This allows the attacker to invoke privileged operations, resulting in arbitrary code execution as root. The issue is fixed in version 16.6.2.",
    "published": "2026-06-09T14:50:15.583Z",
    "modified": "2026-06-09T15:58:35.788Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure XPC Client Validation in Waves Central for macOS",
    "source": "SEC-VLab",
    "references": "https://r.sec-consult.com/waves",
    "id": "CVE-2026-24065",
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    "cwe": [
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    "sourceData": "Waves Audio Ltd. Waves Central 13.0.9",
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        "score": 8.1,
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        "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
        "version": "3.1"
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    "product": "Waves Central",
    "version": "13.0.9",
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