High severity · published Jul 24, 2026
CVE-2026-7483
Local privilege escalation in ESET security applications for macOS
8.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Local privilege escalation potentially allowed an attacker to write an arbitrary file with fully controlled content as a privileged user.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EC
ESET Cyber Security for macOS · ESET spol. s.r.o.
through 9.0.5300.0 · source: vendor
EE
ESET Endpoint Security for macOS · ESET spol. s.r.o.
9.1 through 9.1.2500.0; 9.0 through 9.0.5400.0; 8.1 through 8.1.200.0; through 8.0.7200.0 · source: vendor
Affected product
EC
ESET Cyber Security for macOS
ESET spol. s.r.o.
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7483
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7483
support.eset.com
https://support.eset.com/en/ca8974-eset-customer-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-eset-security-applications-for-macos-fixed
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