CVE-2026-20498CWE-1287

CVE-2026-20498

Medium · published August 3, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In geniezone, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. 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: ALPS10900493; Issue ID: MSV-6765.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00166 · 5.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1287 · Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input
Published
2026-08-03T07:16Z
Affected products (10)
ProductVersionsFixed in
mediatek/mt8873_firmwareall versions—
mediatek/mt8883_firmwareall versions—
mediatek/mt8893_firmwareall versions—
mediatek/mt8910_firmwareall versions—
mediatek/mt6991_firmwareall versions—
mediatek/mt8768_firmwareall versions—
mediatek/mt8791t_firmwareall versions—
mediatek/mt8792_firmwareall versions—
mediatek/mt8796_firmwareall versions—
mediatek/mt8799_firmwareall versions—
References (1)
https://www.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/August-2026 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 AUG 02:06Z
    In geniezone, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check
    cvelistv5