CVE-2025-62686

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 on macOS. Due to the absence of a hardened runtime and a __RESTRICT segment, a local user may exploit the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable to inject a dynamic library, potentially resulting in code execution with elevated privileges.

CVSS 3.1

6.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 8% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-26)

CWE

CWE-269

Published

2025-12-03

Modified

2026-10-27

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-27

Affected

• plugin-alliance:installation_manager

References

• https://almightysec.com/plugin-alliance-installationhelper-dylib-injection/

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