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Description

ClearanceKit intercepts file-system access events on macOS and enforces per-process access policies. Prior to 5.0.4-beta-1f46165, ClearanceKit's Endpoint Security event handler only checked the source path of dual-path file operations against File Access Authorization (FAA) rules and App Jail policies. The destination path was ignored entirely. This allowed any local process to bypass file-access protection by using rename, link, copyfile, exchangedata, or clone operations to place or replace files inside protected directories. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.0.4-beta-1f46165.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-09 | Published 2026-04-10 | Updated 2026-04-15 | Assigner GitHub_M




MEDIUM: 6.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Product status

< 5.0.4-beta-1f46165
affected

References

github.com/...ncekit/security/advisories/GHSA-92f3-38m7-579h

github.com/...jbass/clearancekit/releases/tag/v5.0.4-1f46165

cve.org (CVE-2026-40191)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-40191)

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