craigjbass clearancekit up to 4.2.3 Event Type authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in craigjbass clearancekit up to 4.2.3. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Event Type Handler. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-33632. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in craigjbass clearancekit up to 4.2.3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Event Type Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

ClearanceKit intercepts file-system access events on macOS and enforces per-process access policies. Prior to version 4.2.4, two file operation event types — ES_EVENT_TYPE_AUTH_EXCHANGEDATA and ES_EVENT_TYPE_AUTH_CLONE — were not intercepted by ClearanceKit's opfilter system extension, allowing local processes to bypass file access policies. Commit 6181c4a patches the vulnerability by subscribing to both event types and routing them through the existing policy evaluator. Users must upgrade to v4.2.4 or later and reactivate the system extension.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-33632 since 03/23/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.2.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 6181c4a22eccbeca973c77f4bd023eb795c13786 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: clearancekit 4.2.4
Patch: 6181c4a22eccbeca973c77f4bd023eb795c13786

Timelineinfo

03/23/2026 CVE reserved
03/26/2026 +3 days Advisory disclosed
03/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-wpxj-vhfp-hhvm
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-33632 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-33632
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-353732

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2026 23:03
Changes: 03/26/2026 23:03 (69)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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