CVE-2026-26225

Intego Personal Backup Task File Privilege Escalation

HIGH
8.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 12, 2026 at 09:57 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPersonal Backup

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Severity
HIGH8.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Intego Personal Backup, a macOS backup utility that allows users to create scheduled backups and bootable system clones, contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Backup task definitions are stored in a location writable by non-privileged users while being processed with elevated privileges. By crafting a malicious serialized task file, a local attacker can trigger arbitrary file writes to sensitive system locations, leading to privilege escalation to root.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

8.5HIGHVulnCheck
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Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-59

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