Mullvadvpn App
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Local privilege escalation in Mullvad VPN for macOS versions 2026.1 and earlier allows a user in the admin group to gain root code execution during installation or upgrade. The installer's preinstall script executes binaries from /Applications/Mullvad VPN.app without verifying the bundle's integrity, enabling an admin-group attacker to pre-stage a malicious app bundle that runs as root. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the flaw is only triggerable when an installer is run, not on already-installed systems.
Local privilege escalation in Mullvad VPN for macOS versions 2026.1 and earlier allows a user in the admin group to gain root code execution during installation or upgrade. The installer's preinstall script executes binaries from /Applications/Mullvad VPN.app without verifying the bundle's integrity, enabling an admin-group attacker to pre-stage a malicious app bundle that runs as root. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the flaw is only triggerable when an installer is run, not on already-installed systems.