Security advisory
An issue was discovered in Objective-See KnockKnock, LuLu, TaskExplorer, WhatsYourSign, and procInfo. A maliciously crafted Universal/fat binary can evade third-party code signing checks. By not completing full inspection of the Universal/fat binary, the user of the third-party tool will believe that the code is signed by Apple, but the malicious unsigned code will execute.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-10404
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in Objective-See KnockKnock, LuLu, TaskExplorer, WhatsYourSign, and procInfo. A maliciously crafted Universal/fat binary can evade third-party code signing checks. By not completing full inspection of the Universal/fat binary, the user of the third-party tool will believe that the code is signed by Apple, but the malicious unsigned code will execute.
osv:CVE-2018-10404
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10404",
"method": "structured",
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"title": "CVE-2018-10404",
"summary": "An issue was discovered in Objective-See KnockKnock, LuLu, TaskExplorer, WhatsYourSign, and procInfo. A maliciously crafted Universal/fat binary can evade third-party code signing checks. By not completing full inspection of the Universal/fat binary, the user of the third-party tool will believe that the code is signed by Apple, but the malicious unsigned code will execute.",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:49.608949319Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://www.okta.com/security-blog/2018/06/issues-around-third-party-apple-code-signing-checks/"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 437039,
"published_at": "2018-06-13T22:29:00.283+00:00"
}