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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-40604 EUVD-2026-24213

ClearanceKit: opfilter system extension can be suspended or signalled by a root process, disabling file-access policy enforcement

Published Apr 21, 2026 · Updated Apr 21, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
craigjbass clearancekit < 5.0.6 —

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