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CVE-2026-54424

An Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs vulnerability in Unity Parsec on Windows hosts leads to a potential Elevation of Privilege. This issue affects Parsec through v2026-05-04.0. The patched version is Parsec for Windows version 150-104a. A user can generate a situation where there is an instance of parsecd.exe running as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM with a user-controlled value of the AppData environment variable.

Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:3f43e8848a5499e9a389c8b207cd4fa9b8e1c83ae470c43c40f1f805a72e1d4b

Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Windows"],"product":"Parsec","vendor":"Unity","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"v2026-05-04.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.4,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

1 source assertion

{"cweId":"CWE-648","description":"CWE-648 Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

4 source assertions

{"url":"https://github.com/tomadimitrie/CVE-2026-54424"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://parsec.app/"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://support.parsec.app/hc/en-us/articles/50612943726612-CVE-2026-54424"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://www.tomadimitrie.dev/blog/CVE-2026-54424"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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