CVE-2026-102113
7.8 HIGHpublic exploit availablePublished 2026-09-30 · Updated 2026-10-01
AI risk analysis
- Summary
- This vulnerability allows an attacker with code execution privileges on a backend service account to escalate to root, enabling them to run arbitrary commands with the highest system privileges.
- Exploitability
- Exploitation requires existing local access to the service account and manipulation of a filesystem path, making it moderately difficult.
- Blast radius
- If exploited, the attacker could gain full control over the system, leading to potential data loss, system compromise, and unauthorized access to sensitive information.
- Detection
- No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
- Prioritized remediation
- Upgrade to the latest version of Kiteworks, or apply the vendor's recommended patch (e.g., 'Upgrade to 2.590 or later').
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NVD description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could allow an attacker who has already obtained code execution as an unprivileged backend service account on the appliance to escalate to root. A privileged routine did not safely handle a filesystem path that the lower-privileged account could influence, allowing the attacker to cause a root-owned operation to run arbitrary commands with the highest privileges. Exploitation requires existing local access to that service account.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-59, CWE-269
Public exploit & PoC references
All references
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