CVE-2025-13176 HIGH

CVE-2025-13176: Local privilege escalation in ESET Inspect Connector for Windows

Vendor Eset, Spol. S.r.o
Product ESET Inspect Connector
Weakness CWE-269
Published January 30, 2026
Last update February 2, 2026

CVSS base score

8.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Planting a custom configuration file in ESET Inspect Connector allow load a malicious DLL.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 30, 2026 CVE published
February 2, 2026 Record updated