# CVE-2026-34218: ClearanceKit: Managed and user-defined policy rules not enforced between opfilter start and first policy modification

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.14
- Published: 2026-03-31 · Updated: 2026-04-02

## Affected

- craigjbass clearancekit: fixed in 4.2.14

## Description

ClearanceKit intercepts file-system access events on macOS and enforces per-process access policies. Prior to version 4.2.14, two related startup defects created a window during which only the single compile-time baseline rule was enforced by opfilter. All managed (MDM-delivered) and user-defined file-access rules were not applied until the user interacted with policies through the GUI, triggering a policy mutation over XPC. This issue has been patched in version 4.2.14.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on craigjbass clearancekit, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.14) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/security/advisories/GHSA-fpmv-5wgw-qhhr
- https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/commit/56d617b778c571e3c29b803636d9807940992daa
- https://github.com/craigjbass/clearancekit/commit/ddfdacb2633681bbd9c2f41dbd536ea039386628

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