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UK Cyber Defence
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CVE-2026-20508

In Power HAL, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to type confusion.

MEDIUM 6.7EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In Power HAL, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to type confusion. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11165543; Issue ID: MSV-9012.

CVSS 3.1
6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.17% probability · 6th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-843
Source
security@mediatek.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.17%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.