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FKIE_CVE-2026-90894

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-14 10:17 - Updated: 2026-09-15 09:16
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Parallels Desktop runs prl_disp_service as root. Local clients reach it on the world-writable socket /var/run/prl_disp_service.socket. PrlSrv_LoginLocal accepts peer credentials. No Parallels signature. No admin group. After login, PrlSrv_InstallAppliance lets you pick the appliance folder (sVmParentPath). The daemon unpacks with one string, tar -xf "%1" -C "%2", then Qt QProcess::splitCommand chops that string into words. A quote in the folder name closes early. The leftover text becomes extra tar flags. macOS tar --use-compress-program= runs the named program as root.
References
reefs@jfrog.comhttps://kb.parallels.com/en/131168
reefs@jfrog.comhttps://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-09-15T09:16:44.620",
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