{"id":"CVE-2026-7006","published":"2026-09-18T16:17:09.940","lastModified":"2026-09-22T20:25:55.870","description":"Sublime Text for Windows through Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by abusing the update staging mechanism. Attackers can place a malicious DLL in the user-writable staging directory under %LOCALAPPDATA%, mark it read-only to bypass cleanup, and have the elevated installer copy it into the protected installation directory, causing the DLL to execute in the context of any higher-privileged user who subsequently launches the application.","cvssScore":7.3,"cvssSeverity":"HIGH","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwes":["CWE-494"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://gist.github.com/anthok/765b3ca0223fabee38f51d8f832e2175","tags":[]},{"url":"https://www.sublimetext.com/","tags":[]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sublime-text-4192-3207-local-privilege-escalation-via-update-staging-mechanism","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[{"url":"https://gist.github.com/anthok/765b3ca0223fabee38f51d8f832e2175","tags":[]}],"hasPoc":true,"ai":null}