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FoxitCVE-2026-91800

Foxit PDF Editor: privilege escalation

High8.8CVE-2026-91800 · Published Sep 23, 2026

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the installer of Foxit PDF Editor for macOS due to insufficient validation of a user-modifiable configuration value during high-privilege upgrades. A local attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Foxit advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Foxit PDF Editor
Product
<= Versions 2026.2 and earlierNo fix yet
<= Versions 14.0.7 and earlierNo fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-732

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