Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Sophos Home for macOS and Intercept X Endpoint for macOS - CVE-2026-18367

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Sophos Home for macOS and Intercept X Endpoint for macOS - CVE-2026-18367

Published: August 7, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU141230
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-18367
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions. A local user can execute arbitrary code with root privileges. 


Affected software

Sophos Home for macOS
Intercept X Endpoint for macOS

How to mitigate CVE-2026-18367

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sophos Home for macOS - update to 10.11.6
Intercept X Endpoint for macOS - update to 2026.1.1

External References

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