7.8High

Autodesk Installer

CVE-2026-14478

A maliciously created executable, when executed on the victim's machine, may allow a local low-privileged attacker to inject unauthenticated IPC messages into named pipes, modify pipe permissions or ownership, and potentially impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Autodesk Installer. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.1% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 1% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Autodesk Installer, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
7.8 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-732
Assigned by
psirt@autodesk.com

Dates

Published
2026-08-12
Last modified
2026-09-04
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Autodesk Installer- 2.23

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References