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 and run arbitrary commands with the highest privileges. Exploitation requires existing local access to that service account.

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Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Kiteworks
Kiteworks core
Vendors & Products Kiteworks
Kiteworks core

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

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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 and run arbitrary commands with the highest privileges. Exploitation requires existing local access to that service account.
Title Kiteworks Core Local Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-78
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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: 2026-10-01T13:37:02.000Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-102112

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T13:31:36.290Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T21:16:58.267

Modified: 2026-10-01T14:17:15.153

Link: CVE-2026-102112

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T05:30:17Z

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