Local privilege escalation via entitlement-enabled DYLIB injection
Published Feb 2, 2026 · Updated Feb 2, 2026
Local privilege escalation in Native Instruments Native Access before 3.24 allows local users to gain root access through DYLIB injection. The macOS app permits DYLD environment variables and disables library validation, so an injected library runs under its trusted signing identity and can invoke the Helper2 XPC service. A low-privileged account can replace /etc/sudoers through the helper's unrestricted file operations and obtain root privileges.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in Native Instruments Native Access before 3.24 allows local users to gain root access through DYLIB injection. The macOS app permits DYLD environment variables and disables library validation, so an injected library runs under its trusted signing identity and can invoke the Helper2 XPC service. A low-privileged account can replace /etc/sudoers through the helper's unrestricted file operations and obtain root privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-24070
- Published
- Feb 2, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Native Instruments
- Product
- Native Access
- Classifications
- CWE-426, T1574.006
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=verified up to 3.22.0
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Public exploit references
- SEC Consult Native Access DYLIB injection proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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