VeraCrypt 1.24 allows Local Privilege Escalation during execution of VeraCryptExpander.exe.
Priority LOW 34Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
VeraCrypt 1.24 allows Local Privilege Escalation during execution of VeraCryptExpander.exe.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00467 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-19501
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9qx7-c7pp-jxg6
References
More IDRIX Veracrypt vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-01175 Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer for TrueCrypt 7.2 and 7.1a… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2015-06114 The IsDriveLetterAvailable method in Driver/Ntdriver.c in TrueCrypt 7.0, VeraCrypt before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2015-06115 The (1) IsVolumeAccessibleByCurrentUser and (2) MountDevice methods in Ntdriver.c in… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-16023 Memory corruption in IDRIX, Truecrypt Veracrypt, Truecrypt CVSS 3.0LOW 3.3
Sources
- CVE-2019-19501 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-19501 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9qx7-c7pp-jxg6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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