Vulnerability · Published Jan 30, 2026 · Assigned by ESET
CVE-2025-13176Local privilege escalation in ESET Inspect Connector for Windows
High 8.4
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in ESET Inspect Connector from ESET, spol. s.r.o. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Planting a custom configuration file in ESET Inspect Connector allow load a malicious DLL.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ESET, spol. s.r.o | ESET Inspect Connector | 0 – through 2.8.5555 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N