High 7.0Published Oct 5, 2026

CVE-2026-105773Canimaan Software ClamXAV local privilege escalation

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:30 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Canimaan Software ClamXAV versions 3.3 - 3.11 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Privileged Helper Tool caused by a race condition and insufficient file validation, allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Fixed in 3.11.1.

CVSS: 7.0 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-362
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.14% (percentile 3)
Assigned by: cisa-cg
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Canimaan Software ClamXAV canimaan_software:clamxav (from the name)	from 3.3 before 3.11.1; 3.11.1 not affected	CNA record

References

https://clamxav.com/version-historyvendor-advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-278-01.jsonthird-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105773vdb-entry

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