{"id":"CVE-2026-54424","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-54424","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:26:03.189Z","title":"An Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs vulnerability in Unity Parsec on Windows hosts leads to a potential Elevation of Privilege.","description":"An Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs vulnerability in Unity Parsec on Windows hosts leads to a potential Elevation of Privilege. This issue affects Parsec through v2026-05-04.0. The patched version is Parsec for Windows version 150-104a. A user can generate a situation where there is an instance of parsecd.exe running as NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM with a user-controlled value of the AppData environment variable.","published":"2026-07-04T01:16:27.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-25T15:10:00.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-648"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00185,"percentile":0.08053,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/tomadimitrie/CVE-2026-54424","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://parsec.app/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.parsec.app/hc/en-us/articles/50612943726612-CVE-2026-54424","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.tomadimitrie.dev/blog/CVE-2026-54424","source":"cve@mitre.org"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54424","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}