PT-2026-47796 · Waves Audio · Waves Central

Published 2026-06-09 · Updated 2026-06-09 · CVE-2026-24065

Mitre

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Exploit

Fix

Time Of Check To Time Of Use

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-367

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-24065

Affected Products

Waves Central

References · 4

• 🔥 https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/multiple-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-in-waves-audio-waves-central · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24065 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/autumn_good_35/status/2064300454293750029 · Twitter Post
• https://r.sec-consult.com/waves · Note