What is CVE-2026-7280?

CVE-2026-7280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Empia Technology Avacast, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2026-7280?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Empia Technology Avacast

CVE-2026-7280

AVACAST developed by eMPIA Technology has a Unquoted Service Path vulnerability, allowing privileged local attackers to place a malicious executable file in a specific directory, resulting in arbitrary code execution with system privileges when the AVACAST service starts.

Published 2026-04-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Empia Technology Avacast — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-428 — Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-10884-f9c21-1.html (third-party-advisory)
www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-10885-02d83-2.html (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-7280?: CVE-2026-7280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Empia Technology Avacast, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2026-7280?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.