CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-6423

HighCVSS 8.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ESET Inspect Connector. The issue is caused by improper authentication in an IPC channel.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with local access could escalate privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise or malware installation.

Recommendation

Immediately update ESET Inspect Connector to the latest version that includes a fix for this vulnerability.

Other vulnerabilities in ESET Inspect Connector

Original NVD description (English source)

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ESET Inspect Connector.  The vulnerability was caused by improper authentication in an IPC channel.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS