CVE-2026-7483 PUBLISHED

Local privilege escalation in ESET security applications for macOS

Assigner: ESET
Reserved: 30.04.2026 Published: 24.07.2026 Updated: 24.07.2026

Local privilege escalation potentially allowed an attacker to write an arbitrary file with fully controlled content as a privileged user.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.5

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Vendor	ESET spol. s.r.o.
Product	ESET Endpoint Security for macOS
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 9.1 to 9.1.2500.0 (incl.) affected from 9.0 to 9.0.5400.0 (incl.) affected from 8.1 to 8.1.200.0 (incl.) affected from 0 to 8.0.7200.0 (incl.)

Vendor	ESET spol. s.r.o.
Product	ESET Cyber Security for macOS
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 9.0.5300.0 (incl.)