iBoysoft NTFS for Mac contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper daemon ntfshelperd.

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Timeline

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1. Mar 3, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   iBoysoft NTFS for Mac contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper daemon ntfshelperd. The daemon exposes an NSConnection service that runs as root without implementing any authentication or authorization checks. This issue affects iBoysoft NTFS: 8.0.0.

2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   iBoysoft NTFS for Mac contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper daemon ntfshelperd. The daemon exposes an NSConnection service that runs as root without implementing any authentication or authorization checks. This issue affects iBoysoft NTFS: 8.0.0.

Affected

• cpe iboysoft/ntfs for mac8.0

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-2637

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-2637

  iBoysoft NTFS for Mac contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper daemon ntfshelperd. The daemon exposes an NSConnection service that runs as root without implementing any authentication or authorization checks. This issue affects iBoysoft NTFS:

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Exploit · fluidattacks.com
• Product · iboysoft.com