EIP-2026-104601

PRE-CVE

MacOSXLabs RsyncX 2.1 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-104601. PoCs published by Matt Johnston.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a local privilege escalation vulnerability in RsyncX, which fails to drop setgid wheel privileges before executing a third-party binary. By manipulating the PATH environment variable and creating a malicious 'defaults' script, an attacker can execute arbitrary code with group wheel privileges.

Description

MacOSXLabs RsyncX 2.1 - Local Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Matt Johnston · textlocalosx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24608

This exploit leverages a local privilege escalation vulnerability in RsyncX, which fails to drop setgid wheel privileges before executing a third-party binary. By manipulating the PATH environment variable and creating a malicious 'defaults' script, an attacker can execute arbitrary code with group wheel privileges.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: RsyncX (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · RsyncX installed setuid root and setgid wheel
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026