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2 vulnerabilities by Waves Audio Ltd.
CVE-2026-24065 (GCVE-0-2026-24065)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 14:50 – Updated: 2026-06-09 15:58
VLAI
Title
Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure XPC Client Validation in Waves Central for macOS
Summary
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.
Severity
8.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://r.sec-consult.com/waves | third-party-advisory |
| https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisor… | exploit |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waves Audio Ltd. | Waves Central |
Affected:
13.0.9 , ≤ 16.5.5
(semver)
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CVE-2026-24064 (GCVE-0-2026-24064)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 14:47 – Updated: 2026-06-10 14:32
VLAI
Title
Local Privilege Escalation via Dynamic Library Injection in Waves Central for macOS
Summary
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Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
Assigner
References
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| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://r.sec-consult.com/waves | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
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| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| Waves Audio Ltd. | Waves Central |
Affected:
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