# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g638-6x55-m5q5

## 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 (Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14479?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14478/): Incorrect Permission Assignment in Autodesk Installer Named Pipes (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-10885](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10885/): Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-5335](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5335/): Privilege Ecalation due to Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-9500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9500/): Autodesk ADP Desktop SDK Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-27908](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27908/): Privilege escalation in Autodesk installer (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-14479 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14479 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Autodesk Installer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14479/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14479/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14479
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14479
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-14479

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14479/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.