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GHSA-F445-7G93-34V9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-04 03:31 – Updated: 2026-07-04 03:31

Details

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)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "id": "GHSA-f445-7g93-34v9",
  "modified": "2026-07-04T03:31:02Z",
  "published": "2026-07-04T03:31:02Z",
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CVE-2026-54424 (GCVE-0-2026-54424)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-04 00:45 – Updated: 2026-07-04 00:45

Summary

Severity ?

8.4 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-648 - Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://parsec.app/
	https://support.parsec.app/hc/en-us/articles/5061…
	https://www.tomadimitrie.dev/blog/CVE-2026-54424
	https://github.com/tomadimitrie/CVE-2026-54424

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Unity	Parsec	Affected: 0 , ≤ v2026-05-04.0 (custom)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-F445-7G93-34V9

CVE-2026-54424 (GCVE-0-2026-54424)

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