CVE-2026-54424
HIGHDescription
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.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.
References
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| CVE-2019-14813 | Critical | 9.8 | 11% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-8785 | Critical | 9.8 | 9.5% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2026-20122 | Medium | 5.4 | 7.0% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2025-54766 | Medium | 5.3 | 6.9% | - | - |
| CVE-2025-54765 | Medium | 5.3 | 6.9% | - | - |
| CVE-2025-54767 | Medium | 6.5 | 5.3% | - | - |
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