Vulnerability · Published Feb 2, 2026 · Assigned by Fluid Attacks

CVE-2026-0924BuhoCleaner 1.15.2 - Local Privilege Escalation via PID reuse attack

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in BuhoCleaner from Dr.Buho. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

BuhoCleaner contains an insecure XPC service that allows local, unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root via insecure functions.This issue affects BuhoCleaner: 1.15.2.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Dr.Buho BuhoCleaner 1.15.2

Weakness: CWE-367 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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