Use-after-free vulnerability in ESET Linux products potentially allowed an attacker to trigger kernel panic on the system

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00112.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
ESET, spol. s.r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
13.1 affected ≤ 13.1.3.0
13.0 affected ≤ 13.0.3.0
12.2 affected ≤ 12.2.8.0
12.1 affected ≤ 12.1.1.0
12.0 affected ≤ 12.0.13.0
13.2.3.0 unaffected —
ESET, spol. s.r.o. ESET Server Security for Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
13.1 affected ≤ 13.1.116.0
13.0 affected ≤ 13.0.34.0
12.2 affected ≤ 12.2.72.0
12.1 affected ≤ 12.1.406.0
12.0 affected ≤ 12.0.287.0
13.2.53.0 unaffected —

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References
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https://support.eset.com/en/ca8972-eset-customer-advisory-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-eset-security-products-for-linux-fixed cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Eset
Eset endpoint Antivirus
Eset server Security
Vendors & Products Eset
Eset endpoint Antivirus
Eset server Security

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Use-after-free vulnerability in ESET Linux products potentially allowed an attacker to trigger kernel panic on the system
Title Use-after-free vulnerability in ESET security products for Linux
Weaknesses CWE-416
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ESET

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-16T12:17:48.734Z

Reserved: 2026-04-16T08:13:25.859Z

Link: CVE-2026-6424

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-16T12:17:35.691Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-07-16T09:16:19.403

Modified: 2026-07-16T13:49:40.270

Link: CVE-2026-6424

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-31T02:15:06Z

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