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CVE-2026-20463
In Modem, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a…
Medium6.7EPSS 0.16%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- MediaTek
Description
In Modem, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a permissions bypass. 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: MOLY01716533; Issue ID: MSV-6309.
Timeline
ID reserved
By MediaTek
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.7.
Weakness
Affected products
MediaTek, Inc. · MediaTek chipset
- affected MT2716
- affected MT2735
- affected MT2737
- affected MT6739
- affected MT6761
- affected MT6762
- affected MT6763
- affected MT6765
- affected MT6767
- affected MT6768
- affected MT6769
- affected MT6771
- affected MT6779
- affected MT6781
- affected MT6783
- affected MT6785
- affected MT6789
- affected MT6813
- affected MT6833
- affected MT6835
- affected MT6853
- affected MT6855
- affected MT6858
- affected MT6873
- affected MT6875
- affected MT6877
- affected MT6878
- affected MT6879
- affected MT6880
- affected MT6881
- affected MT6883
- affected MT6885
- affected MT6886
- affected MT6889
- affected MT6890
- affected MT6891
- affected MT6893
- affected MT6895
- affected MT6896
- affected MT6897
- and 43 more
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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