CVE-2026-6423
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Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ESET Inspect Connector. The vulnerability was caused by improper authentication in an IPC channel.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.5
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-16 09:16:19.273000
Last modified
2026-10-24 21:10:00.130000
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"id": "CVE-2026-6423",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-07-16T09:16:19.273",
"lastModified": "2026-10-24T21:10:00.130",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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"value": "Una vulnerabilidad local de escalada de privilegios en ESET Inspect Connector. La vulnerabilidad fue causada por autenticación incorrecta en un canal IPC."
}
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"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
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"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
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"integrityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
"availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
"valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
"vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
"providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED"
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"references": [
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"source": "[email protected]"
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}