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CVE-2026-10610 (GCVE-0-2026-10610)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-24 11:14 – Updated: 2026-07-24 12:34
VLAI
Title
Local privilege escalation in ESET security applications for macOS
Summary
Local privilege escalation potentially allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-24 12:34 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ESET spol. s.r.o. ESET Endpoint Security for macOS Affected: 9.1 , ≤ 9.1.2500.0 (custom)
Affected: 9.0 , ≤ 9.0.5400.0 (custom)
Affected: 8.1 , ≤ 8.1.200.0 (custom)
Affected: 0 , ≤ 8.0.7200.0 (custom)
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ESET spol. s.r.o. ESET Cyber Security for macOS Affected: 0 , ≤ 9.0.5300.0 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-07-24 11:00
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