CVE-2026-11626 PUBLISHED

Local Privilege Escalation in Symantec Endpoint Protection macOS CleanWipe Removal Tool

Assigner: symantec
Reserved: 08.06.2026 Published: 10.06.2026 Updated: 10.06.2026

CleanWipe Removal Tool (macOS), prior to 16.0.0.65, may be susceptible to an Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker with limited privilege access on an affected system can escalate their privileges to gain administrative control.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.4

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	Present	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	Active

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Broadcom
Product	Symantec Endpoint Protection CleanWipe Removal Tool
Versions	Default: affected Version 16.0.0.65 is unaffected

Credits

Kun Peeks (@SwayZGl1tZyyy) finder

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/37625

Problem Types

CWE-250 Execution with unnecessary privileges CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation