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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Local escalation by an already-authenticated low-privileged user (AV:L, PR:L), no interaction, yielding full SYSTEM control of the host (C/I/A:H, scope unchanged).
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CVSS VectorVendor: de5a6978-88fe-4c27-a7df-d0d5b52d5b52
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Omnissa Workspace ONE® Tunnel for Windows addresses a Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.
AnalysisAI
Local privilege escalation in Omnissa Workspace ONE Tunnel for Windows lets an authenticated low-privileged local user abuse a path-traversal weakness (CWE-22) to gain higher (likely SYSTEM) privileges on the endpoint. The flaw affects the Windows Tunnel client used for per-app VPN in Workspace ONE managed fleets; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV. Impact is high across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but exploitation is confined to attackers who already have a local foothold on the machine.
Technical ContextAI
Workspace ONE Tunnel is the client-side component of Omnissa's (formerly VMware) Workspace ONE UEM platform that provides per-application VPN connectivity for managed Windows devices, typically running as a privileged Windows service. The root cause is classified as CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory, i.e. path traversal): the service handles file paths without properly constraining them to an intended directory, allowing a lower-privileged user to influence file operations performed in a higher-privilege context. In practice, path-traversal issues in a SYSTEM-level service commonly enable reading, writing, or overwriting files outside the intended scope, which on Windows frequently converts into code execution or privilege escalation.
RemediationAI
Patch available per vendor advisory: update Omnissa Workspace ONE Tunnel for Windows to the fixed release identified in OMSA-2026-0002 (https://www.omnissa.com/omsa-2026-0002); the exact patched version is not specified in the available data and must be taken from that advisory. Because this is a local escalation with no remote trigger, distribute the updated Tunnel client through Workspace ONE UEM as an expedited managed-app update and prioritize shared/multi-user Windows endpoints. As interim compensating controls until patching, restrict interactive and standard-user logon on devices running the Tunnel service, tighten filesystem ACLs on the Tunnel installation and working directories to limit non-admin write access, and monitor for unexpected file writes or anomalous service behavior - noting these controls reduce but do not eliminate the traversal risk and may interfere with legitimate per-app VPN operation.
Same weakness CWE-22 – Path Traversal
View allSame technique Privilege Escalation
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-42242
GHSA-7c7j-678j-gcch