CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-20498
6.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-08-03
- Last modified
- 2026-10-23
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 6.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1287
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• mediatek mt6991 firmware
• mediatek mt8768 firmware
• mediatek mt8791t firmware
• mediatek mt8792 firmware
• mediatek mt8796 firmware
• mediatek mt8799 firmware
• mediatek mt8873 firmware
• mediatek mt8883 firmware
• mediatek mt8893 firmware
• mediatek mt8910 firmware
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-1287 Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input weakness
References
- https://www.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/August-2026 Vendor Advisory