# CVE-2022-26522: CVE-2022-26522

Status: published. Published: 2026-05-08. Updated: 2026-11-10.

The socket connection handler in aswArPot.sys in the Avast and AVG Windows Anti Rootkit driver before 22.1 allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and OS crash) due to a double fetch vulnerability at aswArPot+0xc4a3.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

Not reported in collected sources.

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.8 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source NVD SSVC: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- Weaknesses: CWE-367

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://www.avast.com/bug-bounty (cve@mitre.org)

- https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/vulnerabilities-in-avast-and-avg-put-millions-at-risk/ (cve@mitre.org)

## Provenance

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26522; retrieved 2026-11-10; source updated 2026-11-10

Revision: 8ae0401406fd14ca5fc80981407b0bc5f13f81442ab2b0f39e2034c9ffc6c9fa

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2022-26522

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