CVE-2026-20498In geniezone, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check.
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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.
- CVSS
- 6.0 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-1287
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 19, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
mediatek mt6991_firmware mediatek:mt6991_firmware | all versions | NVD |
mediatek mt8768_firmware mediatek:mt8768_firmware | all versions | NVD |
mediatek mt8791t_firmware mediatek:mt8791t_firmware | all versions | NVD |
mediatek mt8792_firmware mediatek:mt8792_firmware | all versions | NVD |
mediatek mt8796_firmware mediatek:mt8796_firmware | all versions | NVD |
mediatek mt8799_firmware mediatek:mt8799_firmware | all versions | NVD |
mediatek mt8873_firmware mediatek:mt8873_firmware | all versions | NVD |
mediatek mt8883_firmware mediatek:mt8883_firmware | all versions | NVD |
mediatek mt8893_firmware mediatek:mt8893_firmware | all versions | NVD |
mediatek mt8910_firmware mediatek:mt8910_firmware | all versions | NVD |
References
- https://www.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/August-2026vendor-advisory
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