What is GHSA-5qpm-4cp9-qch8?

GHSA-5qpm-4cp9-qch8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Link following vulnerability in Data Shredder components in Norton Antivirus, Avast Antivirus,...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-5qpm-4cp9-qch8 cover?

GHSA-5qpm-4cp9-qch8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-6064. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-5qpm-4cp9-qch8?

GHSA-5qpm-4cp9-qch8 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-5qpm-4cp9-qch8HighCVSS 7.3

Link following vulnerability in Data Shredder components in Norton Antivirus, Avast Antivirus,...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 28, 2026

Last Modified

October 28, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-6064 →

📋 Description

Link following vulnerability in Data Shredder components in Norton Antivirus, Avast Antivirus, and AVG Internet Security prior to 26.5.10933 on Windows allows a local, low-privileged attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. During a privileged shred operation, enabling arbitrary file/folder deletion that is leveraged to gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privelages.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6064
https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5qpm-4cp9-qch8