EUVD-2026-32900CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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An issue was discovered in Canonical Multipass for macOS before version 1.16.3 due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2025-5199. While the patch in version 1.16.0 updated the ownership of the multipassd daemon binary to root:wheel, five co-located binaries (multipass, qemu-img, qemu-system-aarch64, qemu-system-x86_64, and sshfs_server) in /Library/Application Support/com.canonical.multipass/bin/ retain ownership by the installing user and remain writable. Because the root LaunchDaemon (com.canonical.multipassd.plist) configures a PATH environment variable that prioritizes this user-writable directory and invokes these auxiliary binaries by their bare names, a local attacker can replace an auxiliary binary (such as qemu-img) with a malicious wrapper. When the root daemon subsequently triggers the binary during routine execution (e.g., via multipass launch), the malicious code executes with root privileges, leading to local privilege escalation.
AnalysisAI
Local privilege escalation in Canonical Multipass for macOS before 1.16.3 allows a low-privileged local user to obtain root execution by replacing co-located auxiliary binaries that the multipassd LaunchDaemon invokes via a user-writable PATH directory. The flaw is an incomplete remediation of CVE-2025-5199: while 1.16.0 corrected ownership of the multipassd binary itself, five sibling binaries (multipass, qemu-img, qemu-system-aarch64, qemu-system-x86_64, sshfs_server) were left owned by the installing user and writable, enabling binary planting. …
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RemediationAI
Within 24 hours: Identify and inventory all macOS systems running affected Multipass versions (prior to 1.16.3); restrict non-essential local user account access on affected systems. Within 7 days: Implement restrictive PATH configuration on multipassd LaunchDaemon processes to block binary planting; enable enhanced audit logging for privilege escalation attempts. …
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