CVE-2026-104018
8.8 HIGHPublished 2026-10-01 · Updated 2026-10-02
AI risk analysis
- Summary
- An improper privilege management vulnerability allows authenticated users with limited privileges to execute unauthorized commands, leading to potential privilege escalation.
- Exploitability
- Exploitation is moderately difficult as it requires specific shell operations and authenticated access, but once triggered, can lead to significant impact.
- Blast radius
- If exploited, this vulnerability can result in a complete compromise of the affected device, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
- Detection
- No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
- Prioritized remediation
- Upgrade to VxWorks 26.09 or later.
Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.
NVD description
An improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) exists in the command shell of Wind River VxWorks 7 when configured to enforce per-user command privileges. Under certain shell operations, a command may be evaluated without the privilege check that is normally applied, allowing an authenticated user with limited privileges to execute commands they are not authorized to run. Successful exploitation can result in privilege escalation, with impact to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected device. The issue affects all versions of VxWorks 7 prior to 26.09. It has been fixed in 26.09.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-269
All references
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