CVE-2026-91798

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the update daemon of Foxit PDF Editor/Reader due to an insecure permission configuration that allows the configuration file to be modified by regular users, which may lead to arbitrary script execution with higher privileges.

  • Published Sep 23, 2026
  • CVSS 8.8 high
  • 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)

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CVE-2026-91798 at the National Vulnerability Database