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ESETCVE-2026-6424

ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux: use after free

Medium6.7CVE-2026-6424 · Published Jul 16, 2026

Use-after-free vulnerability in ESET Linux products potentially allowed an attacker to trigger kernel panic on the system

ESET advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux
Product
>= 13.1, <= 13.1.3.0No fix yet
>= 13.0, <= 13.0.3.0No fix yet
>= 12.2, <= 12.2.8.0No fix yet
>= 12.1, <= 12.1.1.0No fix yet
ESET Server Security for Linux
Product
>= 13.1, <= 13.1.116.0No fix yet
>= 13.0, <= 13.0.34.0No fix yet
>= 12.2, <= 12.2.72.0No fix yet
>= 12.1, <= 12.1.406.0No fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-416

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