CVE-2026-40604General(apple / clearancekit)

LOWCVSS 4.4 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch apple clearancekit systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

1.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-693

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • clearancekit
  • macos

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
clearancekitmacos

1 version affected across 2 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-04-21: 2Patch / Workaround · 2026-04-21: 1Technical Details · 2026-04-21: 104-21
Signal classification2 categories
General
150.0%
Patch
150.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
By indicator
Full discourse2 posts
  • Infoflowcloud@infoflowcloud
    General

    🚨*CVE* CVE-2026-40604 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 (… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40604 ----- Traducción: CVE-2026-40604 Cle… http://infoflow.cloud`

    Post summary

    The post is a brief announcement of CVE-2026-40604 with minimal details, no exploitation or patch information provided.

    0000027
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  • CVE@CVEnew
    Patch

    CVE-2026-40604 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 (… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40604

    Post summary

    The CVE concerns ClearanceKit’s file‑system access policy enforcement, with version 5.0.6 providing a fix; no PoC, exploit, or active attacks are reported.

    00000143
    57.2K followersView on X
CPE platform detail2 entries

2 of 2 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
OSapplemacos---
Appcraigjbassclearancekit---

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