Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could have allowed an attacker with an existing shell under a low-privileged service account to escalate to root privileges on the appliance.
Published: 2026-09-30
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could have allowed an attacker with an existing shell under a low-privileged service account to escalate to root privileges on the appliance.
Title Kiteworks Core before version 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-250
CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisa-cg

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T20:18:21.236Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T17:39:13.562Z

Link: CVE-2026-102118

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-30T21:16:59.707

Modified: 2026-09-30T21:16:59.707

Link: CVE-2026-102118

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T22:00:16Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-250

    Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

  • CWE-59

    Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')