ClearanceKit intercepts file-system access events on macOS and enforces per-process access policies. The ECDSA private key used to sign the on-disk policy database (/Library/Application Support/clearancekit/store.db) is stored in the macOS System Keychain. The key was created via the two-step pattern SecKeyCreateRandomKey (in-memory) followed by SecItemAdd(kSecValueRef:, kSecAttrAccess:) (persist). Prior to version 5.0.10, for kSecClassKey items in the legacy System Keychain, kSecAttrAccess passed to SecItemAdd is silently ignored — the persisted key inherits no ACL restriction. The same access builder applied to kSecClassGenericPassword items correctly binds the ACL, making this bug specific to the EC key. The result is that any process running as root can use the key to produce valid signatures over arbitrary policy content. Version 5.0.10 fixes the issue. No known workarounds are available. Disabling the system extension and manually removing the System Keychain item labelled clearancekit policy signing key would prevent the forged-signature path but also disables policy enforcement.
CVE-2026-47134
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.9 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 99% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.9
- EG Score
- 6.9(medium)
- EG Risk
- 31(Track)EG Risk 31/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity69% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 1.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 20, 2026
Last Modified
July 23, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Jul 20, 2026Policy signing key in System Keychain has permissive ACL allowing any local-root process to forge signed policy · Advisory · craigjbass/clearancekit · GitHub
https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/security/advisories/GHSA-w254-hxm5-3hghWeakness Classification(1)
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Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 8× in last 30d)
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- 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 03:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 23:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-20 22:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-20 21:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-20 21:22 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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