Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2026 · Assigned by Acer
CVE-2026-50228Electron DevTools Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in NitroSense
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in NitroSense V5 from Acer. 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 8% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
An unauthenticated local attacker can connect to the Electron DevTools endpoint exposed by Acer NitroSense software (versions up to and including 5.2.63) on localhost TCP port 9993. Because Chromium remote debugging is enabled in the production application, the attacker can execute JavaScript in the privileged application context and achieve arbitrary code execution.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Acer | NitroSense V5 | * – through 5.2.63 |
Weakness: CWE-489 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U