CVE-2026-26225 – Intego Personal Backup Task File Privilege Escalation

CVE ID : CVE-2026-26225

Published : Feb. 12, 2026, 9:57 p.m. | 30 minutes ago

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.

Severity: 8.5 | HIGH

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