Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-20532 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-20532 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-20532?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.2, published 5 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- MediaTek Dimensity 5G; MediaTek Helio 4G; MediaTek Genio IoT; MediaTek Kompanio.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-20532?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-20532 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in device firmware.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-20532?
- Check whether you run MediaTek Dimensity 5G, MediaTek Genio IoT, MediaTek Helio 4G or one of the others listed. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A double-free vulnerability exists in the APU component, allowing local code execution to crash the application. The vulnerability requires no additional execution privileges and does not require user interaction, making it exploitable by any process with basic access. This results in local denial of service through application termination.
Affected products
- MediaTek Dimensity 5G
- MediaTek Helio 4G
- MediaTek Genio IoT
- MediaTek Kompanio
Timeline
- 2026-10-05: disclosed