CVE-2026-91800

Foxit PDF Editor installer local privilege escalation

State: Published
Severity: 8.8 High
Published: Sep 23, 2026
Updated: Sep 23, 2026
Reserved: Sep 15, 2026

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the installer of Foxit PDF Editor for macOS due to insufficient validation of a user-modifiable configuration value during high-privilege upgrades. A local attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	Foxit

Weaknesses

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Foxit PDF EditorFoxit Software Inc.	Versions 2026.2 and earlierAffected Versions 14.0.7 and earlierAffected

References

https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

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