CVE-2026-20508
In Power HAL, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to type confusion. 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: ALPS11165543; Issue ID: MSV-9012.
Scoring
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS base score
- 6.7
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.11%
- CWE
- CWE-843
- Published
- 2026-09-07
- Last modified
- 2026-09-08
Affected products
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
Weakness type
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