CVE-2026-105773

HIGHCVSS 7.0

Description

Canimaan Software ClamXAV versions 3.3 - 3.11 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Privileged Helper Tool caused by a race condition and insufficient file validation, allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Fixed in 3.11.1.

Timeline

Published:October 5th, 2026 9:16 PM

Last modified:October 5th, 2026 9:16 PM

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 7.0 (HIGH)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

https://clamxav.com/version-history
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-278-01.json
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105773

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute