Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could have allowed an attacker with an existing shell under a low-privileged service account to escalate to root privileges on the appliance.
Published: 2026-09-30
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Accellion
Accellion kiteworks
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:accellion:kiteworks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Accellion
Accellion kiteworks

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


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

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kiteworks
Kiteworks core
Vendors & Products Kiteworks
Kiteworks core

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could have allowed an attacker with an existing shell under a low-privileged service account to escalate to root privileges on the appliance.
Title Kiteworks Core before version 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-250
CWE-59
References
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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Accellion Kiteworks
Kiteworks Core
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisa-cg

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-01T13:37:03.614Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-102118

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T13:31:47.723Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-30T21:16:59.707

Modified: 2026-10-07T13:58:08.037

Link: CVE-2026-102118

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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

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