Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-20592 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-20592 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-20592?
- Informational severity, published 2 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- MediaTek Modem.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-20592?
- 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-2026-20592 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-20592?
- Check whether you run MediaTek Modem. 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 side-channel information disclosure vulnerability exists in MediaTek modems where an attacker with system privilege could infer sensitive information through timing analysis or similar indirect methods. The vulnerability requires local access and existing system privilege but does not require user interaction. Patch MOLY01744265 is available to address this issue.
Affected products
- MediaTek Modem
Timeline
- 2026-11-02: disclosed