CVE-2024-23740 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue in Kap for macOS version 3.6.0 and before, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the RunAsNode and enableNodeClilnspectArguments settings.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19038.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Getkap Subscribe	Kap Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:getkap:kap:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/V3x0r/CVE-2024-23740
https://www.electronjs.org/blog/statement-run-as-node-cves

History

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-16T19:38:14.397Z

Reserved: 2024-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-23740

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:13:07.391Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-28T04:15:07.830

Modified: 2025-06-16T20:15:26.773

Link: CVE-2024-23740

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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