EIP-2026-104558

PRE-CVE

Apple Mac OSX 10.5.6/10.5.7 - ptrace mutex Denial of Service

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-104558. PoCs published by prdelka.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a race condition in Mac OS X's ptrace() mutex handling, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) by repeatedly attaching and detaching to a child process. The vulnerability arises from improper mutex handling in the kernel when a destroyed mutex is interlocked.

Description

Apple Mac OSX 10.5.6/10.5.7 - ptrace mutex Denial of Service

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by prdelka · cdososx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9845

This exploit targets a race condition in Mac OS X's ptrace() mutex handling, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) by repeatedly attaching and detaching to a child process. The vulnerability arises from improper mutex handling in the kernel when a destroyed mutex is interlocked.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: Mac OS X 10.5.6-10.6.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Ability to execute code on the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026