2026-07-16 8:28CVE-2026-6424ESET
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-416

Use-after-free vulnerability in ESET security products for Linux

Use-after-free vulnerability in ESET Linux products potentially allowed an attacker to trigger kernel panic on the system

Problem type

Affected products

ESET, spol. s.r.o.

ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux

<= 13.1.3.0 - AFFECTED

<= 13.0.3.0 - AFFECTED

<= 12.2.8.0 - AFFECTED

<= 12.1.1.0 - AFFECTED

<= 12.0.13.0 - AFFECTED

13.2.3.0 - UNAFFECTED

ESET Server Security for Linux

<= 13.1.116.0 - AFFECTED

<= 13.0.34.0 - AFFECTED

<= 12.2.72.0 - AFFECTED

<= 12.1.406.0 - AFFECTED

<= 12.0.287.0 - AFFECTED

13.2.53.0 - UNAFFECTED

References

GitHub Security Advisories

GHSA-g4c4-fjm7-hv64

Use-after-free vulnerability in ESET Linux products potentially allowed an attacker to trigger...

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g4c4-fjm7-hv64

Use-after-free vulnerability in ESET Linux products potentially allowed an attacker to trigger kernel panic on the system

JSON source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-6424
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