CVE-2026-102112
highA privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could allow an attacker who has already obtained code execution as an unprivileged backend service account on…
Vendor / product: Accellion — kiteworks
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.
CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-30 21:16
Modified: 2026-10-07 13:56
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
accellion / kiteworks <9.5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/kiteworks/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-658c-86vw-g9hf 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/VA/white/2026/va-26-274-... 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC · record ↗