---
id: CVE-2026-24066
title: Slate Digital Connect macOS XPC certificate validation privilege escalation
summary: >-
  Slate Digital Connect 1.37.0 for macOS installs a privileged helper tool,
  com.slatedigital.connect.privileged.helper.tool, which exposes the XPC service
  com.slatedigital.connect.privileged.helper.tool2. The helper validates
  connecting XP…
severity: high
cvss: 8.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: adp
cwe:
  - CWE-296
vendor: Slate Digital LLC
product: Slate Digital Connect
affected:
  - slate_digital_connect < 2.11.0
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-06-10T14:26:16.333358Z'
published: '2026-06-10'
updated: '2026-11-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-06T09:56:50.634Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24066'
references:
  - url: 'https://r.sec-consult.com/slate'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00122
epssPercentile: 0.02001
ingestedAt: '2026-11-06T10:49:35.402Z'
---

## Overview

Slate Digital Connect 1.37.0 for macOS installs a privileged helper tool, com.slatedigital.connect.privileged.helper.tool, which exposes the XPC service com.slatedigital.connect.privileged.helper.tool2. The helper validates connecting XPC clients by checking only the subject.OU value of the client's signing certificate and does not verify that the certificate chains to a trusted code-signing authority. A local attacker can sign a malicious client with a self-signed certificate containing the expected organizational unit value and connect to the privileged XPC service. This allows unauthorized access to privileged helper functionality and may lead to local privilege escalation.

## Affected

- `slate_digital_connect < 2.11.0`

## Remediation

The vendor did not respond to the disclosure attempts, and no fixed version was available at the time of publication.

Update 2026-11-06:



The vendor informs that v2.11.0 fixes the issue since 7th July 2026 now. Furthermore, the app name has changed and is now called Complete Access Hub since v2.0.0.