Vulnerability · Published Apr 28, 2026 · Assigned by twcert

CVE-2026-7280eMPIA Technology|AVACAST - Unquoted Service Path

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in AVACAST from eMPIA Technology. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

AVACAST developed by eMPIA Technology has a Unquoted Service Path vulnerability, allowing privileged local attackers to place a malicious executable file in a specific directory, resulting in arbitrary code execution with system privileges when the AVACAST service starts.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
eMPIA Technology AVACAST 0 – through 5.10.10.43

Weakness: CWE-428 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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