CVE-2026-105773 Canimaan Software ClamXAV - Privilege Escalation

Canimaan Software ClamXAV 3.3 - 3.11 contains a local privilege escalation caused by a race condition and insufficient file validation in the Privileged Helper Tool, letting local attackers execute arbitrary code with system privileges, exploit requires local access.

CVSS base score 7.0 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.14% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Privilege Escalation
Impact
Privilege Escalation, Remote Code Execution
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
5 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-362

Vendor fix

Upgrade to version 3.11.1 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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