MediaTek MT8883 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT2737, MT6813, MT6815, MT6835, MT6878, MT6879, MT6886, MT6895, MT6896, MT6897, MT6980, MT6983, MT6985, MT6990, MT8676, MT8755, MT8775, MT8792, MT8798, MT8863, MT8873 and MT8883. It has been classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-68591. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT2737, MT6813, MT6815, MT6835, MT6878, MT6879, MT6886, MT6895, MT6896, MT6897, MT6980, MT6983, MT6985, MT6990, MT8676, MT8755, MT8775, MT8792, MT8798, MT8863, MT8873 and MT8883. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Modem, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege (EoP) if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS09608864 / ALPS09327759; Issue ID: MSV-2958.

The advisory is shared at mediatek.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-68591 since 07/31/2026. 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 11/02/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Applying the patch ALPS09608864/ALPS09327759 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-114935). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Patch: ALPS09608864/ALPS09327759

Timelineinfo

07/31/2026 CVE reserved
11/02/2026 +94 days Advisory disclosed
11/02/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/02/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mediatek.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: MediaTek
CVE: CVE-2026-68591 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-68591
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-429749
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/02/2026 04:08
Updated: 11/02/2026 06:17
Changes: 11/02/2026 04:08 (53), 11/02/2026 06:17 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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