Vulnerability · CVE-2026-20447
In geniezone, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing bounds check.
Published May 4, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · mt6768 firmware
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-20447. EPSS is 0.11%. Act only if a listed version of mt6768 firmware is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium6.7
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.11%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe mediatek/mt6768 firmware · cpe mediatek/mt6789 firmware · cpe mediatek/mt6877 firmware · cpe mediatek/mt6899 firmware · cpe mediatek/mt6989 firmware · cpe mediatek/mt6991 firmware
In geniezone, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing bounds 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: ALPS10724073; Issue ID: MSV-6296.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe mediatek/mt6768 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe mediatek/mt6789 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe mediatek/mt6877 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe mediatek/mt6899 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe mediatek/mt6989 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe mediatek/mt6991 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe mediatek/mt6993 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe mediatek/mt8196 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe mediatek/mt8367 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe mediatek/mt8766 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe mediatek/mt8768 firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe mediatek/mt8781 firmwareversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-20447
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-20447. EPSS is 0.11%. Act only if a listed version of mt6768 firmware is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. EPSS 0.11%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 4, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
In geniezone, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing bounds 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: ALPS10724073; Issue ID: MSV-6296.
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
In geniezone, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing bounds 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: ALPS10724073; Issue ID: MSV-6296.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-20447
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-20447
30-day exploitation probability 0.1%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-20447
In geniezone, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing bounds 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: ALPS10724073; Issue
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.