FKIE_CVE-2026-54424

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-04 01:16 - Updated: 2026-07-06 19:47
Severity
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/tomadimitrie/CVE-2026-54424
cve@mitre.orghttps://parsec.app/
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.parsec.app/hc/en-us/articles/50612943726612-CVE-2026-54424
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.tomadimitrie.dev/blog/CVE-2026-54424
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