CVE-2026-83597
highNetdata is an open source observability tool.
Netdata is an open source observability tool. From version 2.0.0 until 2.10.4, Netdata Windows Agent MSI repair launches powershell.exe and wevtutil.exe as elevated interactive processes in the initiating user's desktop session. A low-privileged local user who triggers repair can interact with or hijack those visible process windows to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges. This issue is fixed in stable version 2.10.4.
CVSS
7.0
7.0 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security-advisories@github.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-22 18:17
Modified: 2026-09-23 18:28
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:55 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
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/netdata/netdata/commit/d762782697623a98b51b4e41f7fe2d12404f0662 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/22751 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/netdata/netdata/releases/tag/v2.10.4 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/netdata/netdata/security/advisories/GHSA-jmv4-pq25-crvv security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/netdata/netdata/security/advisories/GHSA-jmv4-pq25-crvv 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC · record ↗