Medium 6.8Published May 25, 2026

CVE-2026-9490Acer Care Center creates a Named Pipe with a weak Security Descriptor

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 12:10 AM ET)

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A security vulnerability has been identified in Acer Care Center where the ACCSvc service creates a Named Pipe with a weak Security Descriptor. This vulnerability allows an authenticated local user to connect and send a specially crafted message (message type 0x03) to the pipe, causing the service to crash with exit code 1067 (ERROR_PROCESS_ABORTED). To mitigate this potential local service disruption, Acer requires users to update the software to the latest version.

CVSS: 6.8 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/RE:M
Weakness (CWE): CWE-269
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Acer
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 26, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Acer Care Center acer:care_center (from the name)	from 4.0 through 4.00.3058	CNA record
acer care_center acer:care_center	before 4.00.3060	NVD

References

https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/19668vendor-advisory

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