{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8501 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-8501 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-8501 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Symantec PC Tools Internet Security, published on 1 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-8501 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-8501 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Symantec PC Tools Internet Security, published on 1 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8501 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Symantec PC Tools Internet Security. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8501/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8501/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-8501","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8501/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-8501","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-x42p-q354-px3c"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Windows kernel driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can exploit improper access control in the PC Tools Internet Security kernel driver to perform privileged operations and escalate privileges.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"certcc","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-782","name":"Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control"}],"description":"Improper access control in the PCTCore64.sys Windows kernel driver from PC Tools Internet Security allows user-mode processes to access the PCTCoreDriver WDM device interface and invoke privileged IOCTL handlers. A local attacker with the ability to access or load the affected driver can exploit this vulnerability to perform sensitive and privileged operations on the target system.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"CVE-2026-8501","id":"CVE-2026-8501","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"LearnPress \u003c= 4.3.6 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via 'c_status' and 'return_type' Parameters","id":"CVE-2026-8502"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Web::Passwd versions through 0.03 for Perl is vulnerable to RCE","id":"CVE-2026-8500"},"products":["PC Tools Internet Security"],"published":"2026-06-01","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-06-01","vendors":["Symantec"]},"summary":"Local attackers can exploit improper access control in the PC Tools Internet Security kernel driver to perform privileged operations and escalate privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8501/"}