CVE-2026-54424

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: July 4, 2026 at 12:45 AM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 03:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorParsec

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ v2026-05-04.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.4HIGHmitre
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-648

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