CVE-2026-54424: CWE-648 Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs in Unity Parsec
An Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs vulnerability in Unity Parsec on Windows hosts leads to a potential Elevation of Privilege. This issue affects Parsec through v2026-05-04.0. The patched version is Parsec for Windows version 150-104a. A user can generate a situation where there is an instance of parsecd.exe running as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM with a user-controlled value of the AppData environment variable.
CVE-2026-54424: CWE-648 Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs in Unity Parsec
Description
An Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs vulnerability in Unity Parsec on Windows hosts leads to a potential Elevation of Privilege. This issue affects Parsec through v2026-05-04.0. The patched version is Parsec for Windows version 150-104a. A user can generate a situation where there is an instance of parsecd.exe running as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM with a user-controlled value of the AppData environment variable.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.4high
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mitre
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-14T04:15:58.932Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a485ca827e9c7971952f376
Added to database: 07/04/2026, 01:06:48 UTC
Last updated: 07/04/2026, 01:06:48 UTC
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