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CVE-2026-14478: Incorrect Permission Assignment in Autodesk Installer Named Pipes

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-12 · updated 2026-10-23
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

A maliciously created executable, when executed on the victim's machine, may allow a local low-privileged attacker to inject unauthenticated IPC messages into named pipes, modify pipe permissions or ownership, and potentially impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Affected products

• Autodesk Installer: before 2.23 — fixed in 2.23

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Autodesk Installer 2.23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://emsfs.autodesk.com/utility/odis/1/installer/latest/AdODIS-installer.exe
• https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2026-0013

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