Vulnerability · Published Jul 13, 2026 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2026-15684Glarysoft Glary Utilities Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Glary Utilities from Glarysoft. 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 9% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Glarysoft Glary Utilities Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Glarysoft Glary Utilities. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Disk Clean functionality. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the service to delete arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-27004.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Glarysoft	Glary Utilities	6.24.0.28

Weakness: CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ZDI-26-402 x_research-advisory