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High severity · published Sep 9, 2026
CVE-2026-12858
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in ESET AV Remover
8.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in ESET AV Remover (standalone) allows Privilege Escalation via especially crafted RPC.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EA
ESET AV Remover (standalone) · ESET spol. s.r.o.
through 1.6.11.0 · source: vendor
Affected product
EA
ESET AV Remover (standalone)
ESET spol. s.r.o.
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12858
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12858
support.eset.com
https://support.eset.com/en/ca9000-eset-customer-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-eset-av-remover-fixed