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CWE-648

Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

56 CVEs Avg CVSS 7.8 MITRE
9
CRITICAL
34
HIGH
13
MEDIUM
0
LOW
11
POC
2
KEV

Monthly

CVE-2026-112177 Oct 20, 07:25 HIGH This Week

Ghostscript as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8-and, per CPE data, RHEL 6, 7, 9, and 10-may allow an attacker to escape -dSAFER protections when it processes a crafted PostScript file, enabling file access outside permitted paths or command execution with the Ghostscript process's privileges. The root cause is that Red Hat's 9.25-to-9.27 rebase omitted the CVE-2019-14869 correction, leaving privileged .forceput operations in the .charkeys procedure insufficiently protected; the supplied CVSS base score is 7.3, while the independent assessment treats confidentiality and integrity impact as High (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L). No CISA KEV entry is present in the supplied data and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; practical risk is conditional on a service or pipeline actually processing untrusted PostScript/EPS with an affected RHEL build.

Authentication Bypass Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 +4
NVD GitHub VulDB
CVSS 3.1
7.3
EPSS
0.3%
Threat Model
CVE-2026-76460 Sep 16, 20:12 CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT NEWS Emergency

Authentication bypass in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector lets an unauthenticated, remote attacker reach a privileged API endpoint and gain unauthorized access to the appliance through its web-based management interface, with no credentials or user interaction required - reflected in a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). Exploitation is confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV) and publicly available exploit code exists, so any reachable ISE management/API plane should be treated as a top-priority emergency. Affected deployments span ISE 3.1.0 p8 through 3.5 Patch 3 and ISE-PIC 3.4.0 and 3.5.0.

Authentication Bypass Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Software Cisco Ise Passive Identity Connector
NVD VulDB
CVSS 3.1
10.0
EPSS
0.8%
Threat
6.0
CVE-2026-63727 Jul 28, 14:25 HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation in Anchore Enterprise's user management API allows authenticated attackers to modify user permissions, granting write access to read-only users. Versions 5.11.0 through 5.27.1 and 6.0.0 are affected; patches are available in 5.27.2 and 6.0.1. No public exploit or active exploitation has been reported.

Privilege Escalation Anchore Anchore Enterprise
NVD
CVSS 4.0
8.7
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2026-54424 Jul 04, 00:45 HIGH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Unity Parsec for Windows (all builds through v2026-05-04.0) lets an unprivileged local user coerce an instance of parsecd.exe to run as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM while honoring a user-controlled AppData environment variable, allowing the attacker to redirect the privileged process to resources under their control and gain SYSTEM. The flaw is a CWE-648 misuse of privileged APIs; publicly available exploit code exists (a dedicated CVE GitHub repository and a researcher write-up), and it is fixed in Parsec for Windows 150-104a. It is not listed in CISA KEV and no EPSS score was supplied, so there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation.

Information Disclosure Microsoft Parsec Unity
NVD GitHub VulDB
CVSS 3.1
8.4
EPSS
0.2%
CVE-2026-41225 May 13, 14:12 HIGH PATCH NEWS This Week

F5 BIG-IP iControl REST allows authenticated attackers with Manager role or higher to execute arbitrary commands through malicious configuration objects. This authenticated remote code execution vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 but requires high privileges (Manager role), significantly limiting the attack surface to insider threats or compromised administrator accounts. No public exploitation or proof-of-concept has been identified at time of analysis, and F5 has released vendor patches per advisory K000160916.

Information Disclosure Big Ip F5
NVD VulDB
CVSS 4.0
8.6
EPSS
0.1%
CVE-2026-41386 Apr 28, 18:09 npm CRITICAL PATCH GHSA Act Now

Privilege escalation in OpenClaw allows remote unauthenticated attackers to elevate privileges beyond intended device roles during first-use pairing. The vulnerability stems from bootstrap setup codes lacking proper binding to device roles and scopes, enabling attackers to exploit the pairing process with low complexity and no user interaction. VulnCheck reported this issue, and a vendor patch is available as of 2026.3.22. While no active exploitation has been confirmed (not in CISA KEV), the network attack vector (AV:N) and absence of authentication requirements (PR:N) create significant exposure for organizations deploying new OpenClaw instances.

Privilege Escalation Openclaw
NVD GitHub
CVSS 4.0
9.1
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2026-41329 Apr 21, 00:16 npm CRITICAL PATCH GHSA Act Now

Sandbox bypass in OpenClaw (pre-2026.3.31) enables authenticated remote attackers to escalate privileges by manipulating heartbeat context inheritance and senderIsOwner parameters. Exploitation requires low attack complexity with present attack technique capability, achieving complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability across vulnerable and subsequent system scope. No active exploitation confirmed (not in CISA KEV), but VulnCheck disclosure indicates researcher-identified vulnerability with public GitHub commit and security advisory available.

Privilege Escalation Openclaw
NVD GitHub VulDB
CVSS 4.0
9.0
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2026-35669 Apr 10, 16:03 npm HIGH PATCH GHSA This Week

Privilege escalation in OpenClaw gateway-authenticated plugin HTTP routes allows authenticated attackers to bypass scope restrictions and gain operator.admin privileges. The vulnerability affects OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.25, enabling low-privileged authenticated users to perform unauthorized administrative actions through improperly minted runtime scopes. Exploitation requires network access and low-level authentication but no user interaction. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Privilege Escalation Openclaw
NVD GitHub VulDB
CVSS 4.0
8.7
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2026-35663 Apr 10, 16:03 npm HIGH PATCH GHSA This Week

Privilege escalation in OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.25 allows authenticated low-privilege operators to bypass pairing requirements during backend reconnection, self-requesting elevated scopes to gain operator.admin privileges. Attackers with existing operator credentials exploit improper scope validation (CWE-648) to escalate from limited operator access to full administrative control over the OpenClaw system. Exploitation requires network access and low-privilege authentication (CVSS:3.1 PR:L), enabling high-impact compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Privilege Escalation Openclaw
NVD GitHub VulDB
CVSS 4.0
8.7
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2026-35639 Apr 09, 21:27 npm HIGH PATCH GHSA This Week

Privilege escalation in OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 enables authenticated attackers with operator.pairing approver role to escalate privileges to operator.admin through insufficient scope validation in the device.pair.approve method. Exploitation allows approval of device requests with broader operator scopes than the approver legitimately holds, ultimately enabling remote code execution on Node infrastructure. Affects OpenClaw deployments where role-based access control enforces operator privilege hierarchies. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Privilege Escalation RCE Openclaw
NVD GitHub VulDB
CVSS 4.0
8.7
EPSS
0.2%
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH This Week

Ghostscript as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8-and, per CPE data, RHEL 6, 7, 9, and 10-may allow an attacker to escape -dSAFER protections when it processes a crafted PostScript file, enabling file access outside permitted paths or command execution with the Ghostscript process's privileges. The root cause is that Red Hat's 9.25-to-9.27 rebase omitted the CVE-2019-14869 correction, leaving privileged .forceput operations in the .charkeys procedure insufficiently protected; the supplied CVSS base score is 7.3, while the independent assessment treats confidentiality and integrity impact as High (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L). No CISA KEV entry is present in the supplied data and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; practical risk is conditional on a service or pipeline actually processing untrusted PostScript/EPS with an affected RHEL build.

Authentication Bypass Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 +6
NVD GitHub VulDB
Threat Model
EPSS 1% 6.0 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

Authentication bypass in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector lets an unauthenticated, remote attacker reach a privileged API endpoint and gain unauthorized access to the appliance through its web-based management interface, with no credentials or user interaction required - reflected in a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). Exploitation is confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV) and publicly available exploit code exists, so any reachable ISE management/API plane should be treated as a top-priority emergency. Affected deployments span ISE 3.1.0 p8 through 3.5 Patch 3 and ISE-PIC 3.4.0 and 3.5.0.

Authentication Bypass Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Software +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation in Anchore Enterprise's user management API allows authenticated attackers to modify user permissions, granting write access to read-only users. Versions 5.11.0 through 5.27.1 and 6.0.0 are affected; patches are available in 5.27.2 and 6.0.1. No public exploit or active exploitation has been reported.

Privilege Escalation Anchore Anchore Enterprise
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.4
HIGH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Unity Parsec for Windows (all builds through v2026-05-04.0) lets an unprivileged local user coerce an instance of parsecd.exe to run as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM while honoring a user-controlled AppData environment variable, allowing the attacker to redirect the privileged process to resources under their control and gain SYSTEM. The flaw is a CWE-648 misuse of privileged APIs; publicly available exploit code exists (a dedicated CVE GitHub repository and a researcher write-up), and it is fixed in Parsec for Windows 150-104a. It is not listed in CISA KEV and no EPSS score was supplied, so there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation.

Information Disclosure Microsoft Parsec +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.6
HIGH PATCH This Week

F5 BIG-IP iControl REST allows authenticated attackers with Manager role or higher to execute arbitrary commands through malicious configuration objects. This authenticated remote code execution vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 but requires high privileges (Manager role), significantly limiting the attack surface to insider threats or compromised administrator accounts. No public exploitation or proof-of-concept has been identified at time of analysis, and F5 has released vendor patches per advisory K000160916.

Information Disclosure Big Ip F5
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Privilege escalation in OpenClaw allows remote unauthenticated attackers to elevate privileges beyond intended device roles during first-use pairing. The vulnerability stems from bootstrap setup codes lacking proper binding to device roles and scopes, enabling attackers to exploit the pairing process with low complexity and no user interaction. VulnCheck reported this issue, and a vendor patch is available as of 2026.3.22. While no active exploitation has been confirmed (not in CISA KEV), the network attack vector (AV:N) and absence of authentication requirements (PR:N) create significant exposure for organizations deploying new OpenClaw instances.

Privilege Escalation Openclaw
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Sandbox bypass in OpenClaw (pre-2026.3.31) enables authenticated remote attackers to escalate privileges by manipulating heartbeat context inheritance and senderIsOwner parameters. Exploitation requires low attack complexity with present attack technique capability, achieving complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability across vulnerable and subsequent system scope. No active exploitation confirmed (not in CISA KEV), but VulnCheck disclosure indicates researcher-identified vulnerability with public GitHub commit and security advisory available.

Privilege Escalation Openclaw
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation in OpenClaw gateway-authenticated plugin HTTP routes allows authenticated attackers to bypass scope restrictions and gain operator.admin privileges. The vulnerability affects OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.25, enabling low-privileged authenticated users to perform unauthorized administrative actions through improperly minted runtime scopes. Exploitation requires network access and low-level authentication but no user interaction. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Privilege Escalation Openclaw
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation in OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.25 allows authenticated low-privilege operators to bypass pairing requirements during backend reconnection, self-requesting elevated scopes to gain operator.admin privileges. Attackers with existing operator credentials exploit improper scope validation (CWE-648) to escalate from limited operator access to full administrative control over the OpenClaw system. Exploitation requires network access and low-privilege authentication (CVSS:3.1 PR:L), enabling high-impact compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Privilege Escalation Openclaw
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation in OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 enables authenticated attackers with operator.pairing approver role to escalate privileges to operator.admin through insufficient scope validation in the device.pair.approve method. Exploitation allows approval of device requests with broader operator scopes than the approver legitimately holds, ultimately enabling remote code execution on Node infrastructure. Affects OpenClaw deployments where role-based access control enforces operator privilege hierarchies. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Privilege Escalation RCE Openclaw
NVD GitHub VulDB

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