Jan 2026: Capability Access Management Service (camsvc) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability: CVE-2026-20830 January 2026

Capability Access Management Service (camsvc) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Capability Access Management Service (camsvc) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Weakness Types

What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?

The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

CVE-2026-20830 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2026-20830 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.

Products Associated with CVE-2026-20830

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Affected Versions

Exploit Probability

EPSS

0.03%

Percentile

6.50%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.