Loading vulnerability…
CVE-2026-49197 is an improper authentication vulnerability affecting web endpoints intended for the Acer Connect application on Acer Connect W6x devices. The flaw is caused by incorrect validation of the HTTP Authorization header: when Base64 decoding of the header fails, the request is not promptly rejected and can proceed in a way that bypasses authentication checks. Acer’s advisory indicates the issue was addressed by improving handling of malformed Authorization headers so such requests are rejected rather than accepted. The vulnerability is remotely reachable over the network and affects protected web functionality exposed by the device’s application gateway/endpoints serving the Acer Connect app.
Mallory correlates every CVE against your assets, your vendors, and active adversary campaigns. Know which vulnerabilities matter for you, not just which ones are loud.
What it means. What to do now. Patch path, mitigations, and the assume-compromise checklist.
What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.
If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.
Patch, then assume compromise.
No public exploits tracked yet. Mallory keeps watching.
No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.
Products and vendors Mallory has correlated with this vulnerability. Open in Mallory to drill down to specific CPE configurations and version ranges.
Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
4 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Acer Connect W6x devices caused by improper handling of HTTP Authorization headers in endpoints serving the Acer Connect application.
An authentication bypass vulnerability affecting web endpoints intended for the Acer Connect app due to improper validation of the HTTP Authorization header when Base64 decoding fails.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.