CVE-2026-78236 Insecure PIN derivation mechanism in Admin By Request (ABR)

An insecure PIN derivation mechanism in ABR allows a low-privileged user to escalate privileges to administrator by communicating over Cross-Process Communication XPC while masquerading as an Apple-signed process...

CVE-2026-78236

CVE-2026-78236 affects Admin By Request (ABR) , a macOS privilege-escalation utility. The root cause is an insecure PIN derivation mechanism that allows a low-privileged user to escalate to administrator by communicating over Cross-Process Communication (XPC) while masquerading as an Apple-signed...