CVE-2026-20483

Severity: high (CVSS 7.7 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: 2026-08-03 · updated 2026-10-23
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

In Telephony, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11087526; Issue ID: MSV-8243.

Affected products

Mediatek Mt6739 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6761 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6765 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6768 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6781 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6789 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6833 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6835 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6853 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6855 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6877 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6878 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6879 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6883 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6885 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6886 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6889 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6893 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6895 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6897 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6983 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6985 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6989 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6991 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt6993 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt8766 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt8766R Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt8768 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt8775 Firmware: all versions
Mediatek Mt8781 Firmware: all versions

References

https://www.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/August-2026

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