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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2026-53411

A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the installation and uninstallation process of certain Zoom Clients for Windows could allow an authenticated local user to escalate privileges.

HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.13%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the installation and uninstallation process of certain Zoom Clients for Windows could allow an authenticated local user to escalate privileges.

CVSS 3.1
7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.13% probability · 3th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
zoom/workplace virtual desktop infrastructure
Source
security@zoom.us

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.