CVE•Published 2026-02-12•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-26225
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CVSS v3.1
8.5
HIGH
EPSS percentile
8
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 92% of all CVEs
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-02-12
External references
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Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-26225Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
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GitHub code
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Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
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