CVE-2026-20498General(mediatek / mt6991)

LOWCVSS 6.0 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-1287

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • mt6991
  • mt6991_firmware
  • mt8768
  • mt8768_firmware

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
mt6991mt6991_firmwaremt8768mt8768_firmwaremt8791tmt8791t_firmwaremt8792mt8792_firmwaremt8796mt8796_firmware

1 version affected across 20 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-08-03: 1Technical Details · 2026-08-03: 108-03
Signal classification1 categories
General
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    General

    CVE-2026-20498 Local Privilege Escalation in Geniezone Due to Missing Permission Check https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-20498

    Post summary

    The text announces a disclosure of a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Geniezone, lacking details on patches, PoC, or active exploitation.

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CPE platform detail20 entries

20 of 20 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
HWmediatekmt6991---
OSmediatekmt6991_firmware---
HWmediatekmt8768---
OSmediatekmt8768_firmware---
HWmediatekmt8791t---
OSmediatekmt8791t_firmware---
HWmediatekmt8792---
OSmediatekmt8792_firmware---
HWmediatekmt8796---
OSmediatekmt8796_firmware---
HWmediatekmt8799---
OSmediatekmt8799_firmware---
HWmediatekmt8873---
OSmediatekmt8873_firmware---
HWmediatekmt8883---
OSmediatekmt8883_firmware---
HWmediatekmt8893---
OSmediatekmt8893_firmware---
HWmediatekmt8910---
OSmediatekmt8910_firmware---

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