CVE-2026-24062
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe "Privileged Helper" component of the Arturia Software Center (MacOS) does not perform sufficient client code signature validation when a client connects. This leads to an attacker being able to connect to the helper and execute privileged actions leading to local privilege escalation.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe Arturia Software Center's privileged helper on macOS lacks proper code signature validation for connecting clients. This allows an attacker with local access to connect to the root-level helper daemon and inject/execute privileged operations, achieving local privilege escalation from a standard user to root.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Arturia Software Center is installedLook for the application in /Applications/ or check via Finder. Also search for 'Arturia' in System Preferences > Applications or use Spotlight.Affected if Arturia Software Center application exists on the system
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Locate the privileged helper daemonSearch for the helper in common locations: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/ and check for files containing 'Arturia' in the name. Also check ~/Library/Application Support/ for Arturia-related files.Affected if A privileged helper tool named with 'Arturia' or related identifiers exists in system helper directories
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Check if the Arturia helper daemon is runningOpen Terminal and run: sudo launchctl list | grep -i arturia OR ps aux | grep -i arturiaAffected if A daemon process related to Arturia with elevated privileges appears in running processes
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Verify the helper's code signature statusIf the helper binary is found, check its signature: codesign -dvv /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/<helper_name> 2>&1Affected if The helper shows no valid code signature, an invalid signature, or the command fails to return a proper signature chain
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Check for the helper's launchd configurationExamine /Library/LaunchDaemons/ or ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ for plist files related to Arturia: ls -la /Library/LaunchDaemons/ | grep -i arturiaAffected if A launchd plist for an Arturia helper exists and references the privileged helper tool
The environment is affected if Arturia Software Center is installed with a privileged helper that lacks proper code signature validation, allowing standard users to trigger privileged operations.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor patch when available; until then, restrict access to the Arturia Software Center and monitor for unauthorized helper communication.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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