FROM THE RESEARCH DESK
Notes from
the deeper end.
Research, engineering, and the ideas shaping Beale. A record of what we learn as we build.
THE JOURNALRESEARCH / ENGINEERING / PROJECT NOTES
CVE-2026-112668: Escalation to Root on macOS via Authd
A root privilege escalation vulnerability was identified with the help of GPT 5.5 and an early version of Beale. It was fixed by Apple in macOS 27.2, where I was credited with CVE-2026-112668. I was…