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Description

ClearanceKit intercepts file-system access events on macOS and enforces per-process access policies. Prior to 5.0.6, the opfilter Endpoint Security system extension (bundle ID uk.craigbass.clearancekit.opfilter) can be suspended with SIGSTOP or kill -STOP, or killed with SIGKILL/SIGTERM, by any process running as root. While the extension is suspended, all AUTH Endpoint Security events time out and default to allow, silently disabling ClearanceKit's file-access policy enforcement for the duration of the suspension. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.0.6.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-14 | Published 2026-04-21 | Updated 2026-04-21 | Assigner GitHub_M




HIGH: 8.2CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure

Product status

< 5.0.6
affected

References

github.com/...ncekit/security/advisories/GHSA-5r9w-9fg6-266q

cve.org (CVE-2026-40604)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-40604)

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