CVE-2026-20498: In geniezone, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious…

PriorityP431medium6CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRHUINSUCHIHAN

EPSS

0.17%

5.5th percentile

In geniezone, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS10900493; Issue ID: MSV-6765.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—
mediatek_inc	mediatek_chipset	—	—

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