Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-50604 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-50604 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-50604?
- Informational severity, published 17 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Acer NitroSense <UNKNOWN>; Acer Predatorsense <UNKNOWN>.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-50604?
- 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-2026-50604 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network or with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-50604?
- 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 an authentication bypass in the socket handshake process of Acer Agent Service. The service fails to properly validate or require authentication credentials before granting access to socket connections, allowing an unauthorized local or network connection to access restricted functionality. An attacker with local network access or code execution on the system could exploit this to interact with the service and perform privileged operations. The attack vector is network or local, and no user interaction is required once a connection is established.
Affected products
- Acer NitroSense <UNKNOWN>
- Acer PredatorSense <UNKNOWN>
Timeline
- 2026-09-17: disclosed