ESET Cyber Security before 6.8.1.0 is vulnerable to a denial-of-service allowing any user…
Priority LOW 31Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
ESET Cyber Security before 6.8.1.0 is vulnerable to a denial-of-service allowing any user to stop (kill) ESET processes. An attacker can abuse this bug to stop the protection from ESET and launch his attack.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01214 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:eset:cyber_security:*:*:*:*:-:macos:*:* | before 6.8.1.0 | Vulnerable | ESET, spol. s r.o. |
- cpe:2.3:a:eset:cyber_security:*:*:*:*:-:macos:*:* Versions before 6.8.1.0 Vulnerable ·ESET, spol. s r.o.
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-17549
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mpqh-vcrx-rgx2
References
More ESET, spol. s r.o. Cyber Security vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-08204 The ESET AV parsing engine allows virus-detection bypass via a crafted BZ2 Checksum field… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-08214 ESET Archive Support Module before 1294 allows virus-detection bypass via crafted RAR… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-02668 Local privilege escalation in ESET products for Linux and MacOS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-12384 ESET Cyber Security 6.7.900.0 for macOS allows a local attacker to execute unauthorized… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-14264 A permissions issue in ESET Cyber Security before 6.8.300.0 for macOS allows a local… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2020-07405 ESET Archive Support Module before 1296 allows virus-detection bypass via a crafted… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2019-17549 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-17549 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mpqh-vcrx-rgx2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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