Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in TeamViewer products - CVE-2026-92377

 

Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in TeamViewer products - CVE-2026-92377

Published: October 28, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU158331
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-92377
CWE-ID: CWE-732
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource in the Patch Management update mechanism of TeamViewer Full Client and Host for Windows when handling IPC responses and loading executable dependencies. A local user can supply a signed executable through a forged IPC response and cause it to load a malicious DLL from a user-writable temporary directory to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.


Affected software

TeamViewer Remote Full Client for Windows
TeamViewer Host for macOS
TeamViewer Full Client for macOS
TeamViewer Host for Linux
TeamViewer Full Client for Linux
TeamViewer Remote Host for Windows

How to mitigate CVE-2026-92377

Install security update from vendor's website.

TeamViewer Remote Full Client for Windows - addressed in versions 13.2.36231, 14.7.48868, 15.64.10, 15.83
TeamViewer Remote Host for Windows - addressed in versions 13.2.36231, 14.7.48868, 15.64.10, 15.83
TeamViewer Host for macOS - addressed in versions 13.2.154007, 14.7.259386, 15.83
TeamViewer Full Client for macOS - addressed in versions 13.2.154007, 14.7.259386, 15.83
TeamViewer Host for Linux - addressed in versions 13.2.154008, 14.7.48868, 15.83
TeamViewer Full Client for Linux - addressed in versions 13.2.154008, 14.7.48868, 15.83

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