Medium 6.7Published Jul 16, 2026

CVE-2026-6424Use-after-free vulnerability in ESET security products for Linux

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 2:50 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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

CVSS: 6.7 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: ESET
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

ESET, spol. s.r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux eset_spol_s.r.o:eset_endpoint_antivirus_for_linux (from the name)	from 13.1 through 13.1.3.0; fixed at 13.1.5.0; from 13.0 through 13.0.3.0; fixed at 13.0.5.0; from 12.2 through 12.2.8.0; fixed at 12.2.9.0; from 12.1 through 12.1.1.0; fixed at 12.1.2.0; from 12.0 through 12.0.13.0; fixed at 12.0.14.0; 13.2.3.0 not affected	CNA record
ESET, spol. s.r.o. ESET Server Security for Linux eset_spol_s.r.o:eset_server_security_for_linux (from the name)	from 13.1 through 13.1.116.0; fixed at 13.1.118.0; from 13.0 through 13.0.34.0; fixed at 13.0.36.0; from 12.2 through 12.2.72.0; fixed at 12.2.73.0; from 12.1 through 12.1.406.0; fixed at 12.1.407.0; from 12.0 through 12.0.287.0; fixed at 12.0.292.0; 13.2.53.0 not affected	CNA record

References

References

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

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