ESET, spol. s r.o.

CVE-2024-11859: DLL Search Order Hijacking in ESET products for Windows

Is it exploited?

Reported, not confirmed by CISA. VulnCheck KEV lists it as exploited in the wild. CISA has not added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 29 Oct 2026.

VulnCheck KEV lists it since 7 Apr 2025. It cites 3 public reports, the first from 7 Apr 2025.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

2.1%

EPSS score, percentile 81.4 of all scored records. A probability estimated by FIRST, not a report of exploitation.

How severe?

8.4 High

CVSS v4.0 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

CISA has set no required action, because the vulnerability is not in KEV.

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Which versions are affected?

Affected

18.0.12.0 and earlier
18.0.12.0 and earlier
18.0.12.0 and earlier
18.0.12.0 and earlier
12.0.2038.0 and earlier
11.1.2053.2 and earlier

and 11 more in the table below

Versions by product

Source: CISA KEV 2026.10.29, as of 29 Oct 2026; VulnCheck KEV, as of 30 Oct 2026; FIRST EPSS, as of 29 Oct 2026; CVE List, as of 30 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

DLL Search Order Hijacking in ESET products for Windows

DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker with administrator privileges to load a malicious dynamic-link library and execute its code.

Source: CVE List, as of 30 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

Advisories and patches

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

This summary is based on the CVE record as of 30 Oct 2026. Check the vendor's advisory before you act: affected versions and fixes can change.