CVE-2026-14479 Denial of Service in Autodesk Installer IPC Channel
A malicious input in the Autodesk Installer IPC parser causes an out-of-range substring operation, crashing the SYSTEM service and causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-14479?
CVE-2026-14479 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Autodesk Installer, published on 12 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A maliciously crafted input, when processed by the Autodesk Installer IPC frame parser, may trigger improper validation of an input-specified position or offset, resulting in an out-of-range substring operation. A malicious actor may leverage this vulnerability to cause the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM service to terminate unexpectedly, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
Weakness: CWE-1285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14479?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Autodesk Installer.
How do I fix CVE-2026-14479?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14479 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2026-14479 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14479 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Autodesk Installer
- CVE-2026-14478 Incorrect Permission Assignment in Autodesk Installer Named Pipes
- CVE-2025-10885 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-5335 Privilege Ecalation due to Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-9500 Autodesk ADP Desktop SDK Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-27908 Privilege escalation in Autodesk installer
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g638-6x55-m5q5.