CVE-2026-6423 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00116.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.eset.com/en/ca8970-eset-customer-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-via-unauthenticated-alpc-in-eset-inspect-connector-for-windows-fixed

History

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ESET Inspect Connector. The vulnerability was caused by improper authentication in an IPC channel.
Title		Local privilege escalation via unauthenticated ALPC in ESET Inspect Connector
Weaknesses		CWE-269
References		https://support.eset.com/en/ca8970-eset-customer-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-via-unauthenticated-alpc-in-eset-inspect-connector-for-windows-fixed
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ESET

Published: 2026-07-16T07:56:20.026Z

Updated: 2026-07-16T12:34:49.159Z

Reserved: 2026-04-16T08:03:11.185Z

Link: CVE-2026-6423

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-16T12:34:40.330Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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