CVE-2026-102118
highA local privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could have allowed an attacker with an existing shell under a low-privileged service account to escalat…
Vendor / product: Accellion — kiteworks
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.
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 13:58
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-8pmh-222g-6j48 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 ↗