CVE-2026-92253: Watchdog Anti-Virus

Medium severity, CVSS 5.2. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper link resolution before file access in the quarantine restoration process of WatchDog Anti-Virus 1.8.640 on Windows allows local, low-privileged attackers to cause a quarantined file to be written to an arbitrary filesystem location by creating a directory junction at the original file path and persuading an administrator to restore the file. This may enable modification of protected files or SYSTEM-level code execution through DLL hijacking.

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.