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6 vulnerabilities found for Waves Central by Waves Audio Ltd.
CVE-2026-86819 (GCVE-0-2026-86819)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-09-08 20:22 – Updated: 2026-09-08 20:22
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Waves Central local privilege escalation via Improper XPC Client Authentication in macOS
Summary
Waves Central for macOS contains a local privilege escalation in the privileged helper service. The helper authorizes connecting XPC clients by comparing the caller's code-signing certificate chain for equality with its own, rather than validating the caller against a pinned code requirement (application identifier and Team ID). A local, authenticated user can execute code within the vendor-signed process, satisfy the helper's client check, and cause the helper to execute a script with root privileges. Fixed in 17.0.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · cisa-cg (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-04 19:25 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.waves.com/downloads/release-notes#v17 | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86819 | vdb-entry |
| https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/de… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waves Audio Ltd. | Waves Central |
Affected:
16.6.2 , < 17.0
(semver)
Unaffected: 17.0 |
Date Public
2026-09-08 00:00
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CVE-2026-24065 (GCVE-0-2026-24065)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-06-09 14:50 – Updated: 2026-06-09 15:58
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure XPC Client Validation in Waves Central for macOS
Summary
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Severity
8.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-09 15:57 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://r.sec-consult.com/waves | third-party-advisory |
| https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisor… | exploit |
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1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| Waves Audio Ltd. | Waves Central |
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CVE-2026-24064 (GCVE-0-2026-24064)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-06-09 14:47 – Updated: 2026-06-10 14:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Local Privilege Escalation via Dynamic Library Injection in Waves Central for macOS
Summary
Waves Central for macOS versions 13.0.9 through 16.5.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A trusted XPC client component included with the product is signed with hardened runtime entitlements that permit dynamic library injection. A local attacker can set the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable to inject an attacker-controlled dynamic library into the trusted client process at launch. The injected code runs within the signed process and can connect to the product's privileged helper service to invoke privileged operations, resulting in arbitrary code execution as root. The issue is fixed in version 16.6.2.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-10 13:44 UTC
CWE
- CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://r.sec-consult.com/waves | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
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| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| Waves Audio Ltd. | Waves Central |
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CVE-2026-86819 (GCVE-0-2026-86819)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 20:22 – Updated: 2026-09-08 20:22
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Waves Central local privilege escalation via Improper XPC Client Authentication in macOS
Summary
Waves Central for macOS contains a local privilege escalation in the privileged helper service. The helper authorizes connecting XPC clients by comparing the caller's code-signing certificate chain for equality with its own, rather than validating the caller against a pinned code requirement (application identifier and Team ID). A local, authenticated user can execute code within the vendor-signed process, satisfy the helper's client check, and cause the helper to execute a script with root privileges. Fixed in 17.0.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · cisa-cg (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-04 19:25 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.waves.com/downloads/release-notes#v17 | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86819 | vdb-entry |
| https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/de… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
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| Waves Audio Ltd. | Waves Central |
Affected:
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(semver)
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Date Public
2026-09-08 00:00
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CVE-2026-24065 (GCVE-0-2026-24065)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 14:50 – Updated: 2026-06-09 15:58
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure XPC Client Validation in Waves Central for macOS
Summary
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Severity
8.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-09 15:57 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://r.sec-consult.com/waves | third-party-advisory |
| https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisor… | exploit |
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1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waves Audio Ltd. | Waves Central |
Affected:
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CVE-2026-24064 (GCVE-0-2026-24064)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 14:47 – Updated: 2026-06-10 14:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Local Privilege Escalation via Dynamic Library Injection in Waves Central for macOS
Summary
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Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-10 13:44 UTC
CWE
- CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
Assigner
References
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| URL | Tags |
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| https://r.sec-consult.com/waves | third-party-advisory |
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| Waves Audio Ltd. | Waves Central |
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