CVE-2026-92252: Watchdog Anti-Virus

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Incorrect default permissions in the installation directory of WatchDog Anti-Virus on Windows allow local, low-privileged users to modify, replace, or delete antivirus binaries and configuration files, because the installer grants the Users group Full Control over C:\Program Files (x86)\Watchdog Anti-Virus. This may disable antivirus protection or enable privileged code execution if modified binaries are loaded by an elevated WatchDog process.

Affected products

• Watchdog Anti-Virus: from 1.8.640, before 1.8.804 (fixed in 1.8.804)

Published 2026-09-20. Last modified 2026-09-22.