A vulnerability has been identified in the Acer System Monitoring component included with NitroSense and PredatorSense. The vulnerability is caused by the use of a hard-coded AES encryption key within the software. Under certain circumstances, a local attacker may be able to use the embedded key to access protected information or perform unauthorized actions.
Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

Update to one of the following versions or later: * NitroSense v5.2.84 * PredatorSense v5.2.109


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability has been identified in the Acer System Monitoring component included with NitroSense and PredatorSense. The vulnerability is caused by the use of a hard-coded AES encryption key within the software. Under certain circumstances, a local attacker may be able to use the embedded key to access protected information or perform unauthorized actions.
Title Hard-coded Encryption Key Vulnerability in Acer System Monitoring for NitroSense and PredatorSense Software
Weaknesses CWE-321
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 1.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Acer

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-17T08:01:19.643Z

Reserved: 2026-06-05T07:22:32.054Z

Link: CVE-2026-50606

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-17T08:17:01.177

Modified: 2026-09-17T08:17:01.177

Link: CVE-2026-50606

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