{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96542 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-96542 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-96542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Electronic Arts EA Javelin Anticheat (EA Javelin Anticheat Installer), published on 16 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-96542 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-96542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Electronic Arts EA Javelin Anticheat (EA Javelin Anticheat Installer), published on 16 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96542 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Electronic Arts EA Javelin Anticheat (EA Javelin Anticheat Installer). 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-2026-96542/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96542/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-96542","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96542/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-96542","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-x5g7-wpj7-pfj2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"EA Javelin Anticheat","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by modifying service configurations in the standalone EA Javelin Anticheat installer.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"EA","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":5,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-732","name":"Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource"}],"description":"Incorrect permission assignment (CWE-732) in the standalone installer for EA Javelin Anticheat (versions 1.0.14329371, 1.0.14547437, 1.0.14789537, and 1.0.14940698) on Windows allows a local non-administrative user to elevate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM by modifying the EAAntiCheatService service configuration and executable path. This vulnerability requires non-standard manual execution of the standalone installer and does not affect standard game installations via the EA App and Steam. This issue is corrected in version 1.0.14940699 and later; service permissions automatically self-heal upon launching an integrated EA game title.","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":"EA Javelin Anticheat Installer Local Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2026-96542","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Gimp: gimp: out-of-bounds heap read in the 4bpp tim image loader","id":"CVE-2026-96545"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Gnome-remote-desktop: gnome-remote-desktop: unauthenticated rdp sockets lack a handshake deadline","id":"CVE-2026-96541"},"products":["EA Javelin Anticheat (EA Javelin Anticheat Installer)"],"published":"2026-10-16","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":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-19","vendors":["Electronic Arts"]},"summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by modifying service configurations in the standalone EA Javelin Anticheat installer.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96542/"}