Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-50603 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-50603 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-50603?
- Informational severity, published 17 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Acer NitroSense <UNKNOWN>; Acer Predatorsense <UNKNOWN>.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-50603?
- 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-2026-50603 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-50603?
- Check whether you run Acer NitroSense or Acer Predatorsense at an affected version. 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
The vulnerability is a hardcoded cryptographic key issue in the Acer Agent Service component used by NitroSense and PredatorSense. The AES encryption key is embedded directly in the software, allowing any local user with access to the executable or configuration files to recover it and decrypt protected information. The attack requires local access to the affected system; no network exploitation is possible. An attacker can decrypt sensitive data stored by these applications and potentially escalate privileges or perform other unauthorized actions depending on what information is protected by the key.
Affected products
- Acer NitroSense <UNKNOWN>
- Acer PredatorSense <UNKNOWN>
Timeline
- 2026-09-17: disclosed