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1 vulnerability found for Parsec by Unity
CVE-2026-54424 (GCVE-0-2026-54424)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-04 00:45 – Updated: 2026-07-04 00:45
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
8.4 (High)
CWE
- CWE-648 - Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
Assigner
References
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