Acer NitroSense/PredatorSense WebSocket Handshake improper authorization

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Acer NitroSense and PredatorSense. This impacts an unknown function of the component WebSocket Handshake. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-50608. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Acer NitroSense and PredatorSense (version now known). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component WebSocket Handshake. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in the Acer System Monitoring component included with NitroSense and PredatorSense. The WebSocket handshake process does not properly require authentication before allowing connections to the service. Under certain circumstances, unauthorized access to service functionality may be possible.

The advisory is shared at community.acer.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-50608 since 06/05/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/17/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1548.002 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Acer

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• NitroSense
• PredatorSense

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