CVE-2026-24068 - Vulnerability Analysis

Overview

VSL privileged helper contains a broken access control caused by missing client validation in NSXPC 'shouldAcceptNewConnection' function, letting any process write files or execute commands, exploit requires no special privileges.

Severity & Score

Impact

Any process can write arbitrary files and execute commands, leading to full privilege escalation on the system.

Mitigation

Update to the latest version with proper NSXPC client validation.

References

• https://r.sec-consult.com/vsl

Social Media Activity(1 post)

TheHackerWire

@thehackerwire

Mar 26, 2026

🟠 CVE-2026-24068 - High (8.8) The VSL privileged helper does utilize NSXPC for IPC. The implementation of the "shouldAcceptNewConnection" function, which is used by the NSXPC framework to validate if a client should be allowed to connect to the XPC listener, does not validate ... 🔗 https://www.thehackerwire.com/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24068/ #CVE #vulnerability #infosec #cybersecurity #security #Tenda #patchstack

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