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Netdata Windows Agent CVE-2026-83597

| EUVDEUVD-2026-84567 HIGH
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
2026-09-22 GitHub_M
7.0
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: GitHub_M
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Vendor (GitHub_M) PRIMARY
7.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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7.0 HIGH

Local-only (AV:L) escalation from an existing low-priv account (PR:L); AC:H because the attacker must win a timing/UI race against the transient elevated repair windows; SYSTEM command execution gives full C:H/I:H/A:H.

3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M).

CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
POC Analysis Generated
Sep 22, 2026 - 19:25 vuln.today
Metadata Corrected
Sep 22, 2026 - 18:40 vuln.today
tag: Windows added
Patch available
Sep 22, 2026 - 18:02 EUVD
Analysis Generated
Sep 22, 2026 - 18:01 vuln.today
CVE Published
Sep 22, 2026 - 17:06 cve.org
HIGH 7.0

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

Local privilege escalation in the Netdata Windows Agent (versions 2.0.0 through 2.10.3) lets an authenticated low-privileged local user obtain SYSTEM-level code execution by interacting with or hijacking the elevated interactive process windows that the MSI repair action spawns in that user's own desktop session. Carrying a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.0 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and classified as CWE-269 improper privilege management, exploitation is genuinely constrained: it is local-only, requires the ability to trigger an MSI repair under the host's Windows Installer elevation policy, and depends on a timing/UI race against transient elevated windows, so it is a bounded privilege-escalation issue rather than a remotely reachable emergency. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires: (1) the Netdata Windows Agent (versions 2.0.0 to before 2.10.4) installed via MSI on the target host; (2) an authenticated low-privileged local user account on that host; and (3) the ability for that user to initiate an MSI repair of the Netdata package, which spawns powershell.exe, wevtutil.exe and icacls.exe as elevated INTERACTIVE processes in the initiating user's own desktop session. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment This is a genuine but bounded privilege-escalation issue, not a remotely-exploitable emergency. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Vendor-released patch: upgrade the Netdata Windows Agent to stable version 2.10.4 or later, which replaces the interactive ExeCommand custom actions with WixQuietExec so powershell.exe, icacls.exe and wevtutil.exe no longer run in a user-controllable desktop session; apply the release from https://github.com/netdata/netdata/releases/tag/v2.10.4 and consult advisory GHSA-jmv4-pq25-crvv and PR 22751 for details. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, inventory all Windows endpoints and servers running the Netdata Windows Agent and flag every installation in the affected range 2.0.0 through 2.10.3, prioritizing shared workstations, jump hosts, and multi-user systems where a low-privileged authenticated local user could trigger the MSI repair path; restrict interactive local logon rights on those hosts to essential personnel in the interim. …

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