Parallels Desktop < 27.0.0 Local Privilege Escalation (macOS)

The version of Parallels Desktop installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 27.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability: - Parallels Desktop runs prldispservice as root. Local clients reach it on the world-writable socket /var/run/prldispservice.socket...

Parallels Desktop Flaw Lets Non-Admin Mac Users Gain Root, but Intel Macs Can't Install Fix

Parallels Desktop for Mac has a flaw that lets an ordinary local account run code as root, the highest level of access on a Mac, software company JFrog said this week. The attack needs code already running on the machine as a normal user, so it does not work over the network. JFrog says the fix i...

CVE-2026-90894

Parallels Desktop runs prldispservice as root. Local clients reach it on the world-writable socket /var/run/prldispservice.socket. PrlSrvLoginLocal accepts peer credentials. No Parallels signature. No admin group. After login, PrlSrvInstallAppliance lets you pick the appliance folder sVmParentPat...

EUVD-2026-77346

Parallels Desktop runs prldispservice as root. Local clients reach it on the world-writable socket /var/run/prldispservice.socket. PrlSrvLoginLocal accepts peer credentials. No Parallels signature. No admin group. After login, PrlSrvInstallAppliance lets you pick the appliance folder sVmParentPat...

CVE-2026-90894 Parallels Desktop local privilege escalation via appliance extract argument injection

Parallels Desktop runs prldispservice as root. Local clients reach it on the world-writable socket /var/run/prldispservice.socket. PrlSrvLoginLocal accepts peer credentials. No Parallels signature. No admin group. After login, PrlSrvInstallAppliance lets you pick the appliance folder sVmParentPat...

CVE-2026-90894: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command

Parallels Desktop runs prldispservice as root. Local clients reach it on the world-writable socket /var/run/prldispservice.socket. PrlSrvLoginLocal accepts peer credentials. No Parallels signature. No admin group. After login, PrlSrvInstallAppliance lets you pick the appliance folder sVmParentPat...