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CVE-2026-20498

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 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-1287

Description

In geniezone, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS10900493; Issue ID: MSV-6765.

Affected products

• Mediatek Mt6991 Firmware: all versions
• Mediatek Mt8768 Firmware: all versions
• Mediatek Mt8791T Firmware: all versions
• Mediatek Mt8792 Firmware: all versions
• Mediatek Mt8796 Firmware: all versions
• Mediatek Mt8799 Firmware: all versions
• Mediatek Mt8873 Firmware: all versions
• Mediatek Mt8883 Firmware: all versions
• Mediatek Mt8893 Firmware: all versions
• Mediatek Mt8910 Firmware: all versions

References

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

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