CVE-2026-4869

— UNSCORED

Published 2026-10-13 · Updated 2026-10-16

AI analysis for this CVE has not been generated yet. Raw NVD data is shown below.

NVD description

A potential privilege escalation issue was identified in InstallShield version 2025 R2 and earlier when running compressed Basic MSI setup with Prerequisites from an insecure location. If a local administrator launches a compressed Setup.exe with Prerequisites from an unsecured location, the Prerequisite installers also might load from an unsecured location, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Weaknesses

CWE-426

All references

https://community.revenera.com/s/article/CVE-2026-4869-Potential-Privilege-Escalation-in-InstallShield-2025-R2-running-Setup-Prerequisites-from-an-insecure-directory

Source data: NVD (nvd.nist.gov), public domain. Exploit-DB.ai adds local AI analysis for defensive use only.

Related CVEs

UNSCOREDCVE-2026-0315
HIGHCVE-2026-100310PoC
MEDIUMCVE-2026-100584PoC
HIGHCVE-2026-103847
UNSCOREDCVE-2026-104809
UNSCOREDCVE-2026-105331
HIGHCVE-2026-106505PoC
HIGHCVE-2026-108398

Related by shared AI tags and CWE weakness class. Browse the full archive.