CVE-2026-91798

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Oct 29, 2026

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the update daemon of Foxit PDF Editor/Reader due to an insecure permission configuration that allows the configuration file to be modified by regular users, which may lead to arbitrary script execution with higher privileges.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
Foxit Software Inc.Foxit PDF EditorVersions 2026.2 and earlier; Versions 14.0.7 and earlier; Versions 13.2.6 and earlier
Foxit Software Inc.Foxit PDF ReaderVersions 2026.2 and earlier

References

Timeline

Published
Sep 23, 2026
Last modified
Oct 29, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2026-91798: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix