CWE-268

Privilege Chaining

8 CVEs Avg CVSS 7.1 MITRE
0
CRITICAL
5
HIGH
3
MEDIUM
0
LOW
1
POC
0
KEV

Monthly

CVE-2026-3888 HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in snapd on multiple Ubuntu versions allows authenticated local attackers to obtain root access by exploiting a race condition between snap's temporary directory creation and systemd-tmpfiles cleanup operations. An attacker with local access can manipulate the /tmp directory to escalate privileges when snapd attempts to recreate its private snap directories. This vulnerability affects Ubuntu 16.04 LTS through 24.04 LTS with no patch currently available.

Ubuntu Privilege Escalation Ubuntu 20.04 Lts Ubuntu 16.04 Lts Ubuntu 22.04 Lts +2
NVD VulDB
CVSS 3.1
7.8
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2025-7973 HIGH This Month

A security issue exists in FactoryTalk ViewPoint version 14.0 or below due to improper handling of MSI repair operations. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation
NVD
CVSS 4.0
8.5
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2025-36124 MEDIUM This Month

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 25.0.0.8 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions caused by a failure to honor JMS messaging configuration. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass IBM Websphere Application Server
NVD
CVSS 3.1
5.9
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2025-49741 HIGH POC This Week

A security vulnerability in No cwe for this (CVSS 7.4) that allows an unauthorized attacker. Risk factors: public PoC available.

Microsoft Google Information Disclosure Edge Chromium Chrome
NVD Exploit-DB
CVSS 3.1
7.4
EPSS
0.9%
CVE-2025-20112 MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in multiple Cisco Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure Cisco VMware
NVD
CVSS 3.1
5.1
EPSS
0.1%
CVE-2025-32955 MEDIUM This Month

Harden-Runner is a CI/CD security agent that works like an EDR for GitHub Actions runners. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.0), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass Docker Redhat
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
6.0
EPSS
0.1%
CVE-2024-4877 HIGH This Week

OpenVPN version 2.4.0 through 2.6.10 on Windows allows an external, lesser privileged process to create a named pipe which the OpenVPN GUI component would connect to allowing it to escalate its. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Openvpn Windows
NVD
CVSS 3.1
8.8
EPSS
0.2%
CVE-2025-0889 HIGH This Week

Prior to 25.2, a local authenticated attacker can elevate privileges on a system with Privilege Management for Windows installed, via the manipulation of COM objects under certain circumstances where. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Information Disclosure Privilege Management For Windows Windows
NVD
CVSS 4.0
7.2
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2026-3888
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in snapd on multiple Ubuntu versions allows authenticated local attackers to obtain root access by exploiting a race condition between snap's temporary directory creation and systemd-tmpfiles cleanup operations. An attacker with local access can manipulate the /tmp directory to escalate privileges when snapd attempts to recreate its private snap directories. This vulnerability affects Ubuntu 16.04 LTS through 24.04 LTS with no patch currently available.

Ubuntu Privilege Escalation Ubuntu 20.04 Lts +4
NVD VulDB
CVE-2025-7973
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.5
HIGH This Month

A security issue exists in FactoryTalk ViewPoint version 14.0 or below due to improper handling of MSI repair operations. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation
NVD
CVE-2025-36124
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 25.0.0.8 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions caused by a failure to honor JMS messaging configuration. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass IBM Websphere Application Server
NVD
CVE-2025-49741
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.4
HIGH POC This Week

A security vulnerability in No cwe for this (CVSS 7.4) that allows an unauthorized attacker. Risk factors: public PoC available.

Microsoft Google Information Disclosure +2
NVD Exploit-DB
CVE-2025-20112
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.1
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in multiple Cisco Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure Cisco VMware
NVD
CVE-2025-32955
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.0
MEDIUM This Month

Harden-Runner is a CI/CD security agent that works like an EDR for GitHub Actions runners. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.0), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass Docker Redhat
NVD GitHub
CVE-2024-4877
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

OpenVPN version 2.4.0 through 2.6.10 on Windows allows an external, lesser privileged process to create a named pipe which the OpenVPN GUI component would connect to allowing it to escalate its. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Privilege Escalation Openvpn +1
NVD
CVE-2025-0889
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH This Week

Prior to 25.2, a local authenticated attacker can elevate privileges on a system with Privilege Management for Windows installed, via the manipulation of COM objects under certain circumstances where. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Microsoft Information Disclosure Privilege Management For Windows +1
NVD

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