What is CVE-2022-26523?

CVE-2022-26523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2022-26523?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in N/a

CVE-2022-26523

The socket connection handler in aswArPot.sys in the Avast and AVG Windows Anti Rootkit driver before 22.1 allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and OS crash) due to…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.005 (67.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-26523?: CVE-2022-26523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2022-26523?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.