4.9

CVE-2026-50603: acer agent service Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

CVSS: 4.9v4.0MediumDeferred
Published 17-09-2026Last modified 17-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-50603 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability in acer agent service. EPSS estimates a 0.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.9/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.10%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in the Acer Agent Service component included with NitroSense and PredatorSense. The vulnerability is caused by the use of a hard-coded AES encryption key within the software. Under certain circumstances, a local attacker may be able to use the embedded key to access protected information or perform unauthorized actions.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

1%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.07% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.10%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Acer1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links