High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 17, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-46062
CVE-2024-46062
Description
Miniconda3 macOS installers before 23.11.0-1 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability when installed outside the user's home directory. During installation, world-writable files are created and executed with root privileges. This flaw allows a local low-privileged user to inject arbitrary commands, leading to code execution as the root user.
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Affected products
3<23.11.0-1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <23.11.0-1
- cpe:2.3:a:conda:miniconda3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <23.11.0-1
Patches
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References
2- m8sec.dev/blog/privilege-escalation-macos-pkg-installers/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.anaconda.com/docs/getting-started/miniconda/release/23.xnvdRelease Notes
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