Vendor evidence profile
ESET: what the public record shows
nexalign keeps a continuously updated evidence record on ESET for endpoint security (edr and xdr) decisions: 64 items from 6 kinds of source, covering September 2004 to July 2026. Every item on this page links to the source it came from, carrying the date that source states and saying so plainly where it states none.
In one line
This record holds 37 advisories attributed to ESET products across 64 evidence items in total, none of them in the CISA catalogue of known exploited vulnerabilities. 100 percent of the record comes from sources ESET cannot edit. Whether ESET suits your decision is not on this page: that depends on your criteria, your compliance scope and your shortlist, and this record does not know them.
Evidence items
64
in this record
Attributed advisories
37
none known exploited
Authoritative share
70%
government registers
Last checked
Jul 31, 2026
sources re-queried
How independent is this record
Sources are not equal. A vendor can rewrite its own website overnight and optimise it for whatever a language model is likely to quote. It cannot edit a government vulnerability register or a years-old discussion thread. Every item in this record is classified by how much the vendor could influence it, and the score below is the weighted result.
Independence of this record
Objectivity score 88/100
- Authoritative
- 45 items, 70 percent
- Independent
- 19 items, 30 percent
- Vendor-controlled
- 0 items, 0 percent
100 percent of this record comes from sources ESET does not control. The remainder is ESET's own material and is marked as such wherever it appears.
Where this record comes from
These are the sources that contributed to the ESET record, with the body that operates each one. No rating, score or ranking is taken from anywhere, and no vendor pays to appear in this index or to change what it says.
| Source | Operated by | Classification | Items | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Vulnerability Database | ENISA, European Union | Authoritative | 29 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| CERT-Bund security advisories | BSI, Federal Republic of Germany | Authoritative | 15 | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue | CISA, United States | Authoritative | 1 | Aug 12, 2025 |
| Engineering discussions | Hacker News, public threads | Independent | 8 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Analyst, review and reference sources | Recognised analysts, review marketplaces and technology press | Independent | 8 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Practitioner discussions | Reddit, public threads | Independent | 3 | May 07, 2026 |
Documented vulnerabilities
Vulnerability registers are searched by keyword, so an advisory about a different product often mentions ESET in passing. An entry is only listed here when a structural signal ties it to a product of ESET: an advisory reference on the vendor's own domain, ESET as the assigning authority, or the affected product list naming it. 37 records passed that test.
- CVE-2026-10610highCVSS 8.5Jul 24, 2026
Local privilege escalation potentially allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user.
- CVE-2026-7483highCVSS 8.5Jul 24, 2026
Local privilege escalation potentially allowed an attacker to write an arbitrary file with fully controlled content as a privileged user.
- WID-SEC-2026-2385lowCVSS 4.4Jul 16, 2026
Affected products: ESET Server Security
- CVE-2026-6424mediumCVSS 6.7Jul 16, 2026
Use-after-free vulnerability in ESET Linux products potentially allowed an attacker to trigger kernel panic on the system
- CVE-2026-6423highCVSS 8.5Jul 16, 2026
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ESET Inspect Connector.
- WID-SEC-2026-0926mediumCVSS 4.3Mar 31, 2026
Affected products: ESET PROTECT
31 further attributed records are held in the pool. DecisionOS shows the full set against the components you actually run.
What practitioners report
Public threads in which engineers and administrators discuss running this product. Only threads naming ESET in their own title are listed, so a discussion about someone else's incident cannot end up under this vendor. Not curated for sentiment: 2 threads in the record, most recent first.
- r/sysadminMar 06, 2026Independent
ESET Down?
- Hacker NewsJan 05, 2025Independent
ESET recommends Linux if your unsupported Windows 11 PC can't update from 10
The source ledger counts 9 further threads on these platforms that mention ESET somewhere in the discussion without naming it in the title. They are searched and counted, and they are not listed as reports about this vendor.
Independent coverage
Recognised analysts, review marketplaces and neutral technology press that name ESET. This section runs on a fixed list of such outlets rather than on whatever a web search returns for the company name, because that search is dominated by sales-intelligence profiles and directory listings which say nothing about the product. Social networks and press-release wires are excluded outright.
- en.wikipedia.orgdate not recordedIndependent
ESET - Wikipedia
- gartner.comdate not recordedIndependent
ESET Threat Intelligence Reviews & Ratings 2026 | Gartner Peer Insights
- peerspot.comdate not recordedIndependent
What is your primary use case for ESET Endpoint Security?
- peerspot.comdate not recordedIndependent
What is your primary use case for ESET Enterprise Inspector? | PeerSpot
- gartner.comdate not recordedIndependent
ESET PROTECT Platform Reviews & Ratings 2026 | Gartner Peer Insights
The ledger counts 1 further item from these outlets that name ESET only in the body of the page, not in its title. Those are not listed here.
What ESET publishes about itself
The vendor's own documentation, kept separate from everything above and marked as vendor-controlled. It is useful, and it is a claim until an independent source confirms it.
What this record cannot tell you
A record is only trustworthy if it is explicit about its holes. These are the ones in the ESET record right now.
A further 8 register entries mention ESET without naming a product of ESET as affected. They are excluded rather than counted as vulnerabilities.
Pricing, contract terms, notice periods and support commitments are not part of any public register. They come from the vendor and belong in a negotiation record.
Certification status such as ISO 27001, SOC 2 or BSI C5 has to be checked against the current certificate and its stated scope. A valid certificate can still exclude the product being bought.
Whether ESET is the right choice is not on this page
A record of what is true about a vendor is one half of a decision. The other half is your context: which criteria matter, how heavily each one weighs, what is a hard no, and who has to sign the result off. No public page can know that, and any page that claims to rank vendors for you is guessing at it.
Typical criteria for this category
Needs your case- Detection Accuracy (MITRE ATT&CK coverage)weight
- MDR / Managed Detection & Responseweight
- Deployment Complexityweight
- Automated Response / Remediationweight
- SIEM Integrationweight
Criteria shown as examples for endpoint security (edr and xdr). Weighting and fit are properties of your decision, not of the vendor, so they are not published here.
What DecisionOS adds on top of this record
- The vendor scored against your criteria with your weighting, not against a generic ranking
- A dealbreaker check against your hard constraints: data residency, contract terms, existing stack
- A side-by-side view of the alternatives on your shortlist, built from this same evidence pool
- This evidence mapped onto your compliance scope: NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001, SOC 2
- A decision memo your board can read, with the trade-offs and the reasoning on the record
Questions this page answers
Is ESET a safe choice?
The public record holds 37 advisories attributed to ESET products and 64 evidence items in total. None of them appears in the CISA catalogue of known exploited vulnerabilities. Whether that is acceptable depends on your risk appetite, your compliance scope and the alternatives on your shortlist, none of which a public page can know. This page reports the record; it does not rate the vendor.
Where does the ESET data on this page come from?
From 6 kinds of source: European Vulnerability Database, operated by ENISA, European Union; CERT-Bund security advisories, operated by BSI, Federal Republic of Germany; Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, operated by CISA, United States; Engineering discussions, operated by Hacker News, public threads; Analyst, review and reference sources, operated by Recognised analysts, review marketplaces and technology press; Practitioner discussions, operated by Reddit, public threads. Every item carries its source URL and, where the source states one, its date.
Does ESET pay to appear in this index?
No. There is no paid placement, no sponsored profile and no way for a vendor to change what the record says. Vendors are listed because their category comes up in enterprise technology decisions. Corrections to a specific entry can be sent to [email protected] and are checked against the source.
How much of the ESET record is the vendor's own material?
0 percent. The remaining 100 percent comes from sources ESET does not control. Vendor-published material stays in the record and is labelled as vendor-controlled rather than counted as independent confirmation.
Why does this page not say whether ESET is better than the alternatives?
Because better only exists relative to a decision. Which criteria matter, how heavily each one weighs and what counts as a dealbreaker are properties of the buyer, not of the vendor. DecisionOS takes this same evidence pool and scores it against the criteria of an actual decision, which is where a comparison becomes meaningful.
How this record is built
Sources are queried on a schedule, not on request. Findings are stored with the source URL, the event date and a content hash, so the same item is never counted twice and every statement stays traceable to where it came from.
Nothing on this page is written by a language model. Counts are counts, dates are the dates the sources carry, and titles are the sources' own wording. Where a section is empty, that is a finding in itself and is stated as one.
Corrections are welcome. If an entry is wrong or an attribution is off, write to [email protected] and it gets checked against the source.
Citing this page
nexalign GmbH, ESET: what the public record shows, nexalign vendor evidence index, Jul 31, 2026. Available at nexalign.io/vendors/eset.
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The whole field is on one page: every endpoint security (edr and xdr) vendor with a published record, with the size of each.
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