CVE-2026-14479: Denial of Service in Autodesk Installer IPC Channel

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% 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-1285

Description

A maliciously crafted input, when processed by the Autodesk Installer IPC frame parser, may trigger improper validation of an input-specified position or offset, resulting in an out-of-range substring operation. A malicious actor may leverage this vulnerability to cause the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM service to terminate unexpectedly, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

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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