An Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs vulnerability in Unity Parsec on Windows hosts leads to a potential Elevation of Privilege. This issue affects Parsec through v2026-05-04.0. The patched version is Parsec for Windows version 150-104a. A user can generate a situation where there is an instance of parsecd.exe running as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM with a user-controlled value of the AppData environment variable.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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Sat, 04 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000
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| Description | An Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs vulnerability in Unity Parsec on Windows hosts leads to a potential Elevation of Privilege. This issue affects Parsec through v2026-05-04.0. The patched version is Parsec for Windows version 150-104a. A user can generate a situation where there is an instance of parsecd.exe running as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM with a user-controlled value of the AppData environment variable. | |
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Unity
Unity parsec |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-648 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:unity:parsec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Unity
Unity parsec |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-04T00:45:24.208Z
Reserved: 2026-06-14T04:15:58.932Z
Link: CVE-2026-54424
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