CVE-2026-26225

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Description

Intego Personal Backup, a macOS backup utility that allows users to create scheduled backups and bootable system clones, contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Backup task definitions are stored in a location writable by non-privileged users while being processed with elevated privileges. By crafting a malicious serialized task file, a local attacker can trigger arbitrary file writes to sensitive system locations, leading to privilege escalation to root.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published2/12/2026

Last Modified2/13/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

References

https://blog.quarkslab.com/intego_lpe_macos_1.html(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://integosupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/40945636077467-Personal-Backup-X9-Release-Notes(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.intego.com/(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.intego.com/bootable-mac-backups(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/intego-personal-backup-task-file-privilege-escalation(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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