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Privilege Escalation

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Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

How It Works

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted. The attack exploits the gap between what the system thinks a user can do and what they actually can do through manipulation or exploitation.

Vertical escalation is the classic form—a regular user obtaining administrator rights. This happens through kernel exploits that bypass OS-level security, misconfigurations in role-based access control (RBAC) that fail to enforce boundaries, or direct manipulation of authorization tokens and session data. Horizontal escalation involves accessing resources belonging to users at the same privilege level, typically through insecure direct object references (IDOR) where changing an ID in a request grants access to another user's data.

Context-dependent escalation exploits workflow logic by skipping authorization checkpoints. An attacker might access administrative URLs directly without going through proper authentication flows, manipulate parameters to bypass permission checks, or exploit REST API endpoints that don't validate method permissions—like a read-only GET permission that can be leveraged for write operations through protocol upgrades or alternative endpoints.

Impact

  • Full system compromise through kernel-level exploits granting root or SYSTEM privileges
  • Administrative control over applications, allowing configuration changes, user management, and deployment of malicious code
  • Lateral movement across cloud infrastructure, containers, or network segments using escalated service account permissions
  • Data exfiltration by accessing databases, file systems, or API endpoints restricted to higher privilege levels
  • Persistence establishment through creation of backdoor accounts or modification of system configurations

Real-World Examples

Kubernetes clusters have been compromised through kubelet API misconfigurations where read-only GET permissions on worker nodes could be escalated to remote code execution. Attackers upgraded HTTP connections to WebSockets to access the /exec endpoint, gaining shell access to all pods on the node. This affected over 69 Helm charts including widely-deployed monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog agents.

Windows Print Spooler vulnerabilities (PrintNightmare class) allowed authenticated users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by exploiting improper privilege checks in the print service. Attackers loaded malicious DLLs through carefully crafted print jobs, escalating from low-privilege user accounts to full domain administrator access.

Cloud metadata services have been exploited where SSRF vulnerabilities combined with over-permissioned IAM roles allowed attackers to retrieve temporary credentials with elevated permissions, pivoting from compromised web applications to broader cloud infrastructure access.

Mitigation

  • Enforce deny-by-default access control where permissions must be explicitly granted rather than implicitly allowed
  • Implement consistent authorization checks at every layer—API gateway, application logic, and data access—never relying on client-side or single-point validation
  • Apply principle of least privilege with time-limited, scope-restricted permissions and just-in-time access for administrative functions
  • Audit permission inheritance and role assignments regularly to identify overly permissive configurations or privilege creep
  • Separate execution contexts using containers, sandboxes, or capability-based security to limit blast radius
  • Deploy runtime monitoring for unusual privilege usage patterns and anomalous access to restricted resources

Recent CVEs (14429)

EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Tamper Protection bypass in Netskope Client for Windows allows a malicious local administrator to disable or subvert the endpoint security agent by directly manipulating the Windows service object and associated registry keys, which are protected by overly permissive Discretionary Access Control Lists. All Netskope Client versions below R138 on Windows are affected. No public exploit code exists and this vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, but the gap is operationally significant in environments where insider threat, post-compromise lateral movement, or separation of duties between IT admins and security tooling are concerns.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Netskope Client +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Process memory disclosure in Google Chrome's Media implementation exposes potentially sensitive data to remote attackers via a crafted HTML page. All Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.155 on desktop are affected; exploitation requires user interaction but no authentication. No public exploit code has been identified and CISA KEV lists no active exploitation, though the High confidentiality CVSS impact and broad deployment footprint make patching a priority.

Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.0
MEDIUM This Month

The VMSVGA virtual graphics device in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.8 allows a high-privileged local attacker to cross the guest-to-host isolation boundary and gain unauthorized read access to critical data beyond the VM's intended scope. The CVSS scope change (S:C) confirms this is a hypervisor boundary violation - successful exploitation exposes host-level or cross-VM confidential data, a severe outcome in multi-tenant virtualization environments despite the moderate base score. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and no CISA KEV listing indicates no confirmed active exploitation.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Oracle +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.6
MEDIUM This Month

Full server takeover is possible in Oracle WebLogic Server's Console component, affecting versions 14.1.2.0.0 and 15.1.1.0.0 via HTTP over a network. Exploitation requires a high-privileged attacker and high attack complexity, limiting the realistic threat surface to scenarios where administrative credentials are already compromised or an insider threat is present. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at the time of analysis; this was disclosed as part of Oracle's Critical Patch Update (CPU) for June 2026.

Privilege Escalation Oracle Weblogic Server +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.3
LOW PATCH Monitor

Bootstrap token replay in OpenClaw before version 2026.5.12 permits callers holding a pending bootstrap token to resubmit that token with a broader scope than originally requested, bypassing intended pairing authority limits. The flaw, rooted in incorrect privilege assignment (CWE-266), exploits the gap between token issuance and administrative approval to escalate pairing access. No public exploit code has been identified and the vulnerability carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 2.3, reflecting significant mitigating factors including high attack complexity, a required target precondition, and passive user interaction - making this a low real-world priority outside environments with high-value pairing workflows.

Privilege Escalation Openclaw
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.0
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Privilege escalation in OpenClaw before 2026.4.25 allows authenticated low-privileged users to inherit wildcard ownerAllowFrom authorization state across channel boundaries, enabling execution of owner-level commands outside their intended channel scope on both internal and webchat command paths. The flaw (CWE-863) produces high integrity impact (VI:H per CVSS 4.0) without confidentiality or availability consequences, as the attacker gains unauthorized administrative command execution rather than data access. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis, and the CVSS 4.0 score of 6.0 reflects meaningful but condition-dependent risk.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Openclaw
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Privilege escalation in OpenClaw before 2026.5.6 allows authenticated Gateway operators holding operator.write access to modify global configuration that should be restricted exclusively to operator.admin privileges. The root cause (CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment) lies in insufficient scope validation within the Active Memory write scope, which fails to enforce the boundary between the write and admin privilege tiers. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis; however, the network-accessible attack vector (AV:N, PR:L) means any authenticated operator-level account across the deployment is a viable exploitation path with low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Openclaw
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

api-gateway container running with root privilege would allow an attacker to escape the container and access host system to perform unintended actions. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Privilege Escalation Dell Emc Vxrail Appliance
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Privilege escalation in CPython on Windows enables a low-privileged local user to hijack the module search path of a more-privileged Python process running from a legacy all-users installation, enabling arbitrary code execution under an elevated context. The root cause is a VPATH-based fallback landmark mechanism compiled into release builds: on Windows, VPATH resolves two directory levels above PCbuild/, placing the Modules/Setup.local landmark outside the install directory in a location writable by unprivileged users under the legacy EXE installer's default all-users path. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV; however, high confidentiality and integrity impact (VC:H/VI:H) reflect the ability to fully substitute Python's module loading path.

Privilege Escalation Python Microsoft +2
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Sandbox escape with information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox's Process Sandboxing component allows a remote attacker to break out of the browser sandbox and read sensitive data from the host environment when a user visits attacker-controlled content. Affected versions span all Firefox releases prior to 152 and all Firefox ESR releases prior to 140.12, patched by Mozilla in mfsa2026-57 and mfsa2026-58. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and SSVC signals no current exploitation activity, keeping real-world urgency at moderate priority despite the scope-changing nature of the flaw.

Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure Red Hat +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Local privilege escalation in Nokia SR Linux (multiple release branches prior to 23.10.8, 24.10.6, and 25.7.2) allows an authenticated local user to execute arbitrary commands with superuser (root) privilege. Rooted in CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), this flaw enables a user who has already obtained a local session on the network OS to break out of their assigned privilege boundary and gain full control of the system. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog; however, Nokia has confirmed a patch and self-reported the issue.

Privilege Escalation Nokia Nokia Sr Linux
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Local privilege escalation in Nokia SR Linux affects multiple release trains and allows an already-authenticated user holding elevated local privileges to execute arbitrary commands as superuser by exploiting unsanitized format string handling (CWE-134). The attack vector is local and requires high prior privileges (CVSS AV:L/PR:H), significantly limiting the exposure surface compared to a network-exploitable flaw. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis; Nokia has released patches across all affected branch lines.

Privilege Escalation Nokia Sr Linux
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

Privilege escalation to SYSTEM in Sony Optical Disc Archive Software for Windows 5.5.3 and earlier arises from incorrect default filesystem permissions (CWE-276), enabling a local low-privileged attacker to plant or replace executable content that the software later runs with SYSTEM-level authority. Reported by JPCERT/CC and tracked under JVN#79926428, the vulnerability is classified as local with passive user interaction required (CVSS 4.0 AV:L/UI:P/AT:P), limiting opportunistic mass exploitation. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis.

Privilege Escalation RCE Microsoft +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Authentication token cache file exposure in Kiro IDE on macOS and Linux allows any local user to read credentials belonging to other users due to world-readable file permissions (0644) instead of the security-appropriate owner-only permissions (0600). All versions before 0.11.133 are affected on UNIX-based platforms; the vulnerability is confirmed by AWS via security bulletin 2026-045 and has been assigned CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions). No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, but exploitation requires no technical sophistication - only filesystem read access on a shared system.

Privilege Escalation AWS Apple +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

WordPress appointment-booking-calendar 1.1.24 contains multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated attackers to modify calendar settings and inject persistent cross-site. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP WordPress XSS +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.1
MEDIUM POC This Month

WordPress Booking Calendar Contact Form 1.0.23 contains privilege escalation and stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities that allow authenticated users to modify plugin options and inject. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP WordPress XSS +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Privilege escalation in Grafana Operator (all versions ≤ 5.23) allows any user with Kubernetes RBAC permissions to create GrafanaDashboard or GrafanaLibraryPanel resources to steal the Kubernetes service account token of the operator manager pod. The jsonnet templating language, supported via spec.jsonnetLib, is evaluated unsandboxed inside the operator manager pod, enabling a path traversal payload to read sensitive files - including the mounted service account token - and exfiltrate it through the resulting dashboard output. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis, but successful exploitation yields cluster-level privilege escalation, reflected in the vendor-assigned CVSS 4.0 subsequent-system impact of SC:H/SI:H.

Privilege Escalation Path Traversal Kubernetes +3
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Arbitrary file write in kitty terminal versions prior to 0.47.2 allows a child process running inside a kitty session to redirect writes to attacker-controlled filesystem paths. The root cause is a missing O_NOFOLLOW flag in the os.open() call within kitty's file transmission protocol: between the initial symlink validation stat-check and the actual file open, an attacker can insert a symlink, causing the write to follow it to an arbitrary destination - a classic TOCTOU race. No public exploit code exists and EPSS sits at 0.01% (1st percentile), indicating no observed exploitation; however, successful exploitation enables high-integrity-impact file overwrites that can facilitate local privilege escalation. Version 0.47.2 resolves the issue.

Privilege Escalation Suse Kitty +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation in Apple macOS Sequoia prior to 15.4 allows a locally executing application to bypass launch constraint protections and run malicious code with elevated privileges. The flaw, reported by Apple and tracked as EUVD-2025-210116, carries CVSS 7.8 (local, low complexity, low privileges) and CWE-269 improper privilege management, with no public exploit identified at time of analysis and CISA SSVC marking exploitation status as 'none'.

Privilege Escalation Apple
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Privilege escalation in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS on PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls and Panorama appliances allows an authenticated CLI administrator to perform operations at the root OS level, bypassing intended privilege boundaries through a missing authorization control (CWE-862). The risk is substantially gated by the requirement for existing administrative CLI access (CVSS PR:H), making insider threats and compromised admin credentials the primary real-world attack paths. No public exploits or confirmed active exploitation have been identified at time of analysis, and the vendor's own E:U supplemental metric reinforces the low exploitation urgency - though root-level OS access to a firewall represents a severe impact if the prerequisite is met.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Paloalto +4
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Privilege escalation in Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent on Linux allows a locally authenticated low-privileged user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, achieving full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise of the affected system. The vulnerability is rooted in CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) and is strictly scoped to Linux deployments - the Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS agent variants are confirmed unaffected by the vendor. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the CVSS 4.0 supplemental metric E:U (Exploitation Unlikely) further tempers immediate mass-exploitation risk, though the complete local system impact warrants timely patching for multi-user Linux environments.

Privilege Escalation Google Apple +4
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

Local privilege escalation in Broadcom's Symantec Endpoint Protection CleanWipe Removal Tool for macOS, versions prior to 16.0.0.65, allows a local attacker to gain administrative control of the affected system. The vulnerability is rooted in CWE-250 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges), a class where a process operates with more permissions than its function requires, creating an elevation pathway. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and this CVE is not listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog; however, the full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the vulnerable component (VC:H/VI:H/VA:H) underscores the severity of a successful exploitation.

Privilege Escalation Apple Broadcom +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Kubernetes service account token exposure in Fission serverless framework prior to v1.24.0 allows authenticated high-privilege users to escalate cluster privileges via a malicious builder image. Builder pods were created with ServiceAccountName set to fission-builder but without AutomountServiceAccountToken: false, causing the Kubernetes kubelet to automatically inject the fission-builder service account credential into every container in the pod - including untrusted, user-supplied builder images. An attacker with sufficient Fission privileges to register or modify builder environments can exploit this to read the mounted token and authenticate directly to the Kubernetes API using the fission-builder service account's RBAC permissions. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; vendor-released patch is available in v1.24.0.

Privilege Escalation Kubernetes Suse +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Unauthenticated privilege escalation in the Doctreat Core WordPress plugin (versions ≤ 1.6.8) allows remote attackers to register accounts directly as administrators by abusing insufficient role validation in the doctreat_process_registration() function. With a CVSS of 9.8 and trivial exploitability (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), full site takeover is possible without credentials, though no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not currently listed in CISA KEV.

WordPress Privilege Escalation Doctreat Core +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.6
LOW Monitor

Permission control weakness in the service notifications component of Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI allows a local, unprivileged attacker - with user interaction - to partially degrade availability across a changed scope boundary. Rooted in CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls), the flaw permits improper manipulation of notification service permissions, with impact reaching beyond the immediately vulnerable component as indicated by the CVSS Scope:Changed attribute. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV; the low CVSS score of 3.6 reflects constrained real-world impact limited to availability.

Privilege Escalation Emui Harmonyos +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Cross-site request forgery in nebula-mesh's admin web UI (versions <= 0.3.2) lets a remote attacker trigger privileged operator actions - CA signing, API key minting, operator disablement, server-setting changes, and forced logout - when a logged-in operator visits an attacker-controlled page. SameSite=Lax on the session cookie does not block top-level cross-site form POSTs, sibling-subdomain attackers, or the GET /ui/logout route, so the impact is privilege escalation rather than nuisance. No public exploit identified at time of analysis beyond the working reproducer in the advisory itself.

XSS Privilege Escalation CSRF +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Privilege escalation in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.0 through 2.4.67 allows local users with .htaccess write access to read arbitrary files using the privileges of the httpd daemon process, exploiting improper privilege management (CWE-269). The attack vector is local, requires low privileges, and impacts only confidentiality - no integrity or availability impact is present. No public exploit code and no active exploitation have been identified; SSVC classifies technical impact as partial and the vulnerability as non-automatable, consistent with the targeted, local nature of the attack.

Privilege Escalation Apache Apache Http Server +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation in Arista CloudVision Exchange (CVX) allows an authenticated attacker with network reach to the Redis service to obtain full root access across every server in the CVX cluster. The flaw stems from CVX's reliance on Redis for inter-node coordination combined with the fact that Redis traffic - including authentication - is transmitted in plaintext, meaning anyone who can sniff a single session can replay credentials to compromise the entire cluster. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.

Privilege Escalation Redis Eos Cloudvision Exchange Cvx +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Argument injection in the kubectl_generic tool of mcp-server-kubernetes (npm, ≤ 3.6.2) enables Kubernetes bearer token exfiltration through indirect prompt injection, allowing privilege escalation to the operator's full RBAC permissions. An attacker with limited cluster access plants a crafted JSON payload in pod log output; when an AI agent using the MCP server reads those logs and follows the injected instruction, kubectl_generic calls kubectl with attacker-controlled --server and --insecure-skip-tls-verify flags, forwarding the operator's kubeconfig bearer token to an attacker-controlled HTTPS endpoint. A fully working public PoC exists confirmed end-to-end on a live kind cluster using Claude Haiku; the fix is available in version 3.7.0. No active exploitation per CISA KEV is confirmed at time of analysis.

Privilege Escalation Python Kubernetes +2
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Privilege escalation in Google Chrome's Extensions subsystem, affecting all versions prior to 149.0.7827.53, allows a remote attacker who socially engineers a user into installing a crafted malicious extension to gain elevated privileges within the browser context, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability at a low-to-moderate level. The CVSS score of 6.3 (Medium) reflects the network-reachable attack vector offset by mandatory user interaction (UI:R), and Chromium's own security team rated this as Low severity - a notable downgrade from the NVD-calculated score. No public exploit code and no KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS score of 0.01% (1st percentile) corroborates minimal observed exploitation activity.

Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Discretionary access control bypass in Google Chrome's Cast feature (prior to 149.0.7827.53) allows an attacker positioned on the local network segment to interfere with Cast functionality via crafted malicious network traffic. The vulnerability stems from improper privilege management (CWE-269) within the Cast implementation, resulting in limited confidentiality and integrity impact (CVSS 5.1). No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and CISA KEV listing is absent; however, the no-authentication-required condition and the network-adjacent attack surface make this relevant for environments where Chrome's Cast feature is actively used on shared or untrusted network segments.

Privilege Escalation Google
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Privilege escalation in Google Chrome's Enterprise feature (versions prior to 149.0.7827.53) allows a local attacker with physical device access to elevate privileges and access confidential information. The CVSS vector (AV:P/C:H) confirms the attack requires hands-on physical access to the target device, limiting the realistic threat surface to scenarios such as unattended or shared managed endpoints. No public exploit exists and no active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis; EPSS at 0.01% (1st percentile) and SSVC exploitation status of 'none' align with the low overall risk posture.

Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Order state transition endpoints in Shopware's Admin API expose a vertical authorization bypass (CWE-862) where authenticated low-privileged users can manipulate order lifecycle states - including cancellation, fulfillment, and payment transitions - without holding the required `order:update` ACL privilege. The structural gap exists across both the 6.6.x and 6.7.x release lines because the affected routes in `OrderActionController.php` carry no ACL metadata, causing `AclAnnotationValidator` to exit without enforcing any privilege check, and the downstream `StateMachineRegistry` then executes writes under `Context::SYSTEM_SCOPE`. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, but exploitation is mechanically trivial for any authenticated Admin API user regardless of their assigned role.

PHP Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Privilege escalation in Shopware's Admin API allows authenticated users holding only the low-privilege `user:create` or `user:update` ACL to promote any account - including newly created ones - to full administrator access. The flaw exists in `UserController::upsertUser()` across composer packages `shopware/platform` and `shopware/core`, affecting all releases below 6.6.10.18 and the 6.7.x line below 6.7.10.1. Shopware has released patched versions; no public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis, but the attack is straightforward for any user with delegated user-management API access.

PHP Privilege Escalation
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.5
HIGH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows versions 6.11.3 and prior allows an authenticated low-privileged local user to elevate to SYSTEM. The flaw stems from execution with unnecessary privileges (CWE-250) and carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 8.5, but no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The vulnerability was reported and disclosed by Forcepoint PSIRT itself rather than a third party.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Vpn Client +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Local privilege escalation in NetworkManager's dhclient backend allows a low-privileged local user to execute arbitrary OS commands with elevated privileges by supplying a crafted Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) URL. Exploitation is strictly limited to systems where an administrator has explicitly reconfigured NetworkManager to use the dhclient backend - a non-default setting - meaning the vast majority of deployments are unaffected by design. CVSS 6.7 (local vector, high complexity, user interaction required) accurately reflects the constrained exploitation conditions; no public exploit code or CISA KEV listing exists at time of analysis.

Privilege Escalation Command Injection Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 +8
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in SWUpdate versions before 2026.05 allows unprivileged users to gain root or install attacker-controlled content by winning a TOCTOU race during processing of a signed update. The flaw, reported by SBA Research and tracked as EUVD-2025-210052, undermines SWUpdate's signed-update integrity model on embedded Linux devices. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but an upstream patch is available via commit f4bd6426.

Privilege Escalation Swupdate
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Privilege escalation in the Mojoomla School Management WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 93.2.0) allows authenticated low-privileged users to elevate their permissions to higher-privileged roles such as administrator. The flaw stems from incorrect privilege assignment (CWE-266) and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8 with no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Any WordPress site running the plugin in its default state is vulnerable until an upstream patch is released.

WordPress Privilege Escalation Wordpress Plugin +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Dräger Protector Software prior to version 6.4.2 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure file system permissions that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code with. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Incorrect Permission Assignment vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to misconfigured permissions.

Privilege Escalation RCE Protector Software +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Dräger Protector Software prior to version 6.4.2 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure file system permissions that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code with. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Incorrect Permission Assignment vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to misconfigured permissions.

Privilege Escalation RCE Protector Software +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.4
HIGH PATCH This Week

Sandbox escape in Sony PlayStation 4 firmware versions 13.00 through 13.02 allows attackers to break out of the BD-J (Blu-ray Disc Java) sandbox by supplying a malformed JAR file, leading to privilege escalation with full impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The flaw, tracked via HackerOne report 3452696 and CWE-367 (TOCTOU race condition), is rated CVSS 7.4 because the local attack vector and high attack complexity offset the unauthenticated nature of the exploit. EPSS is 0.02% (5th percentile) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Privilege Escalation Ps4 Sony
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Privilege escalation in Themeisle Masteriyo LMS PRO (WordPress plugin) up to and including version 2.20.0 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to gain elevated privileges through incorrect privilege assignment (CWE-266). The CVSS 9.8 score reflects network-reachable, no-authentication exploitation with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the Patchstack advisory confirms the flaw class and affected version range.

WordPress Privilege Escalation Wordpress Plugin +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.6
HIGH This Week

Dräger Infinity Explorer C700 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows attackers to break out of kiosk mode and access the underlying operating system through a specific dialog. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Infinity Explorer C700 Dr Ger
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.3
LOW Monitor

Android's AppOpsService (AppOpsService.java) exposes protected system or user information to low-privileged local applications due to missing permission checks across multiple functions, enabling unauthorized information disclosure without requiring additional execution privileges. Affected versions span Android 14 through Android 16-QPR2, representing a broad swath of active Android deployments in use today. No public exploit code exists and no active exploitation has been confirmed (not in CISA KEV); SSVC rates exploitation as none with only partial technical impact, placing this at low urgency for most organizations.

Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure Google
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

Local privilege escalation in Google Android 16-QPR2 enables an unprivileged local actor to delete device supervision data by exploiting a missing null check in the onCreate() method of DisableSupervisionActivity.kt, effectively dismantling enterprise MDM controls without requiring elevated privileges or user interaction. The flaw (CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management) is bounded to local access but operates with no authentication prerequisite, making it exploitable by any installed app or local user on a supervised managed device. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and an EPSS of 0.01% reflects negligible observed exploitation probability; however, organizational risk in enterprise Android deployments is disproportionately higher than the base score suggests.

Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

SQL injection across multiple contacts database functions in Google Android enables local privilege escalation on Android 14, 15, 16, and 16-qpr2 without requiring any elevated privileges or user interaction. The flaw allows an unprivileged local process or malicious application to inject arbitrary SQL into contacts database queries, resulting in unauthorized read, write, and partial denial-of-service impact against contact data. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and EPSS probability stands at 0.01%, consistent with a local-only attack surface, though the absence of any privilege prerequisite (PR:N) lowers the bar for any attacker already on the device.

Privilege Escalation SQLi Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

Tapjacking and UI overlay exploitation in Android's WindowState.java enables local privilege escalation on Android 14, 15, 16, and 16-qpr2 without requiring any elevated permissions from the attacker. A malicious app on the device can deploy a deceptive overlay over system permission dialogs, causing the victim to unknowingly grant elevated permissions. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and EPSS at 0.01% (1st percentile) indicates very low current exploitation probability, though the broad Android version coverage across actively maintained releases elevates the aggregate exposure.

XSS Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.2
MEDIUM This Month

Path traversal in Android's PackageInstallerService allows a local, unprivileged attacker to redirect a Device Policy Controller (DPC) installation into an unintended filesystem directory via a crafted install session, enabling local escalation of privilege on Android 14 through Android 16. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and EPSS at 0.01% (1st percentile) reflects minimal observed exploitation probability. The local attack vector (AV:L) constrains real-world exposure to scenarios where the attacker already has physical or application-level access to the device, materially limiting the attack surface compared to network-exploitable flaws.

Privilege Escalation Path Traversal Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.3
LOW Monitor

Local information disclosure in Android's Bluetooth stack allows a low-privileged application to bypass permission enforcement in handleBondStateChanged of AdapterService.java, exposing sensitive Bluetooth bonding state data without requiring any user interaction. Affected versions include Android 15, Android 16, and Android 16-qpr2, as confirmed by the June 2026 Android Security Bulletin and EUVD-2026-33779. No public exploit code exists and this vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, placing it in the lower tier of operational priority despite the permission bypass nature of the flaw.

Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

Local privilege escalation in Google Android (versions 14, 15, 16, and 16-QPR2) stems from a tapjacking/overlay flaw in the hide() method of WindowState.java, enabling a locally installed malicious application to covertly redirect a user's permission approval to itself. An attacker who has placed an app on the device can silently overlay a transparent window atop a system permission dialog, causing the user's tap to be misinterpreted as consent for sensitive permissions the attacker's app requested. No active exploitation is confirmed (absent from CISA KEV), no public exploit code has been identified, and the EPSS score of 0.01% (1st percentile) reflects negligible observed exploitation probability at time of analysis.

Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.2
MEDIUM This Month

Tapjacking via the InputInterceptor component in Android's Letterbox.java enables a locally-installed malicious app to silently capture unintended permission grants on Android 14, 15, and 16, resulting in local privilege escalation with high confidentiality impact. The vulnerability requires no elevated privileges on the part of the attacking application and is reported by Google as needing no user interaction for exploitation - a claim that is in notable tension with the tapjacking mechanism described, which inherently involves intercepting user touch events. No public exploit code exists and no active exploitation has been confirmed (EPSS 0.01%, percentile 1%), but the ease of local attack (AV:L/AC:L) and breadth of affected Android versions make patch deployment a priority for enterprise and consumer device fleets.

Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Persistent denial of service and local privilege escalation in Google Android's UBSan runtime component affect Android 14, 15, 16-qpr2, and 16, stemming from an integer overflow in multiple functions of ubsan_throwing_runtime.cpp. An authenticated local attacker with low-level privileges and no required user interaction can exploit this overflow to trigger persistent availability loss and, per the description, possible privilege escalation. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and this vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Google +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.3
LOW Monitor

Improper privilege management in Android 16 and 16-QPR2 allows a local low-privileged user to override credential provider settings across user profiles by exploiting a permissions bypass in the `updateProvidersWhenServiceRemoved` method of `CredentialManagerService.java`. The CVSS vector confirms local-only exploitation (AV:L) by an authenticated low-privilege account (PR:L) with no user interaction required, yielding limited confidentiality impact. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and this vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Android 15, 16, and 16-qpr2 enables a low-privileged process to bypass Mobile Device Management (MDM) policy controls through a logic error in the InstallRepository.kt performPreInstallChecks function. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is very low at 0.01%, but the flaw permits silent policy circumvention without user interaction on enterprise-managed devices. Patched in the June 2026 Android Security Bulletin.

Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Google Android versions 14, 15, 16, and 16-qpr2 allows a malicious app to reset user-selected permission choices by bypassing the permission enforcement logic (CWE-693, Protection Mechanism Failure). The flaw requires no user interaction and only low privileges already available to any installed app, but at present there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS rates real-world exploitation probability at just 0.01%.

Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Google Android 14's PipTaskOrganizer component allows a low-privileged app to launch activities from the background by abusing a confused deputy condition, requiring no user interaction. The CVSS 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L) reflects local attack vector with low privileges, and per the available data there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis (EPSS 0.01%, not on CISA KEV).

Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Google Android (versions 14, 15, 16, and 16-qpr2) allows a low-privileged app to launch background activities without the required permission check, enabling elevation to higher-privileged execution contexts without user interaction. The flaw, tracked as EUVD-2025-210011 and addressed in the June 2026 Android Security Bulletin, carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) with high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is 0.01%, indicating very low predicted exploitation probability in the near term.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Google Android 14 and 15 allows a low-privileged app to bypass the user disclaimer dialog when adding an account to a managed automotive device, due to a missing permission check in CarDevicePolicyService.setUserDisclaimerAcknowledged. The flaw enables silent account provisioning on managed (enterprise) car devices without the user's awareness or consent, and no public exploit is identified at time of analysis. EPSS is negligible (0.01%) and SSVC marks exploitation as 'none', so the issue is real but not currently weaponized.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Google Android (versions 14, 15, 16, and 16-qpr2) allows a low-privileged app to access URIs belonging to other users on the device due to a logic error across multiple functions in ComputerEngine.java. No user interaction or additional execution privileges are required, but exploitation is local and currently no public exploit is identified at time of analysis (EPSS 0.12%, SSVC exploitation: none).

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Google Android 14, 15, 16, and 16-qpr2 allows a local attacker with low privileges to reveal images across user boundaries through improper input validation in multiple code locations. The flaw requires user interaction but no additional execution privileges, and carries a CVSS 7.8 (High) rating. EPSS exploitation probability is low at 0.09% (26th percentile), and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Privilege Escalation Google
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Privilege escalation in the Nextcloud Approval app (prior to version 2.7.2) allows authenticated users who lack sharing permissions to force the platform to distribute restricted files to approval workflow participants. By invoking the approval request flow with the createShares flag enabled, a user can bypass the system's file-sharing authorization controls entirely, causing files marked as non-shareable to be shared with designated approvers. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, but a vendor-confirmed patch and upstream PR diff are available.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Nextcloud +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Authorization bypass in praisonai-platform allows any workspace member to rewrite workspace name, description, and settings via the PATCH /workspaces/{id} endpoint. An attacker with a member-level token can modify configuration settings that may be read by downstream code, potentially enabling configuration injection with high integrity impact. A detailed exploit chain is publicly documented in the advisory, but EPSS score is low (0.03%) and no active exploitation has been reported.

Privilege Escalation Python
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.5
LOW Monitor

Incorrect permission enforcement in OTRS External Interface and ConfigItem List module allows an authenticated customer to query Configuration Item (CI) data beyond their authorized group scope. The flaw is conditional - both the CMDB module and CustomerGroupSupport must be active simultaneously, substantially narrowing the affected population. Rated CVSS 3.5 (Low) with no confirmed active exploitation and no public exploit code identified at time of analysis, this is a scoped information disclosure risk primarily threatening organizations that expose CMDB asset data through the customer portal.

Privilege Escalation Otrs Otrs Ag
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.5
LOW Monitor

Information disclosure in OTRS Document Search Article Meta Filters modules (present in both STORM-powered OTRS and standalone OTRS 2026.x) permits authenticated low-privileged users to enumerate metadata - specifically the count of Configuration Items (CIs), SLAs, and services - for objects they are not authorized to access. Affected versions span OTRS with STORM modules 7.0.X through 2026.X before 2026.4.X, making this a broad version-range exposure with a low CVSS score of 3.5. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and the vulnerability has not been added to the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege Escalation Otrs Otrs Ag
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.4
MEDIUM This Month

Local privilege escalation in MediaTek's GenieZone hypervisor component affects 36 distinct chipsets via a race condition-induced out-of-bounds write. An attacker who has already obtained System-level privilege on an affected Android device can exploit the TOCTOU flaw to escalate further - likely to kernel or hypervisor-level execution - achieving full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and no KEV listing exists; however, the wide chipset footprint spanning flagship to budget SoCs significantly broadens the potential attack surface.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Mediatek Chipset +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

Local privilege escalation in MediaTek's geniezone hypervisor component affects 36 distinct chipsets spanning budget to flagship tiers. An attacker who has already achieved System-level privilege can trigger an out-of-bounds write caused by a missing bounds check, escalating further - likely into kernel or hypervisor trust boundaries - with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and this is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog; however, the post-compromise escalation path makes this relevant to threat actors performing multi-stage device compromise on Android-based MediaTek hardware.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.1
LOW POC Monitor

Improper privilege management in nextlevelbuilder GoClaw up to version 3.11.3 allows authenticated low-privileged users to escalate privileges via the handleSave function of the RoleAdmin Gateway component (internal/http/tts_config.go). The vulnerability is remotely exploitable over the network with no user interaction required, though a low-privilege authenticated session is a prerequisite per the CVSS:4.0 vector (PR:L). A publicly available proof-of-concept exists (published via GitHub issue #1118), but this CVE has not been added to the CISA KEV catalog. The CVSS 4.0 base score of 2.1 (LOW) reflects constrained confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact with no scope change to downstream systems.

Privilege Escalation Goclaw Nextlevelbuilder
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Excessive RBAC permissions in the Metal3 ip-address-manager (IPAM) controller's ClusterRole expose Kubernetes Secrets to post-compromise abuse. The metal3-ipam-controller-manager-role granted full CRUD on core/v1 Secrets - yet PR diff evidence confirms the controller never accesses Secrets in normal operation, making these permissions entirely unnecessary. If the controller pod is compromised via a supply chain attack or container escape, an attacker inheriting the controller's service account token can read, modify, or delete any Secret in the namespace, turning a narrow container compromise into cluster-wide credential exfiltration. No public exploit exists and no CISA KEV listing, but the confidentiality impact is rated High (C:H) by NVD.

Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure Red Hat +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.3
LOW PATCH Monitor

Privilege escalation in OpenClaw's Slack plugin approval workflow allows authenticated users holding limited exec permissions to bypass operator-configured approval splits by resolving plugin approvals through the exec approver gate - approving actions outside their intended authorization boundary. All OpenClaw versions before 2026.5.12 are affected when the Slack plugin is deployed with approval split configurations. No public exploit code has been identified and this vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV; the CVSS 4.0 score of 2.3 accurately reflects its narrow real-world impact, constrained by prerequisites and a low impact ceiling.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Openclaw
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Sandbox escape in nono-cli allows a sandboxed process to fully break out of Landlock/seccomp confinement by communicating over the unmediated per-user systemd D-Bus Unix domain socket. Versions prior to 0.55.0 of the Rust CLI crate are affected, specifically when using bundled profiles such as 'claude-code' that permit bash execution. An attacker - or a prompt-injected AI coding agent - can invoke systemd-run --user from within the sandbox to spawn an unsandboxed sibling process capable of writing anywhere the launching user can write, executing arbitrary commands, and establishing network connections. A working proof-of-concept reproducer is publicly available in the GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-27vp-2mmc-vmh3; no CISA KEV listing exists at time of analysis.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Suse
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Privilege escalation in Elastic Kibana's Fleet agent policy management feature allows authenticated Fleet administrators to inject unvalidated values into a configuration override mechanism, causing Elastic Agents to be provisioned with API keys carrying elevated Elasticsearch privileges. Successful exploitation yields unauthorized read/write access to sensitive Elasticsearch security indices beyond the Fleet role's intended scope. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and CISA KEV does not list this issue.

Privilege Escalation Elastic Kibana
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Privilege escalation in Capsule (the Kubernetes multi-tenancy operator) allows authenticated tenant owners to create cluster-scoped resources - including ClusterRole and ValidatingWebhookConfiguration - by embedding them in TenantResource RawItems, bypassing tenant isolation enforced by the platform. The Capsule Controller's default cluster-admin ClusterRoleBinding means it creates whatever resource it is instructed to process, and its attempt to namespace-scope the resource via obj.SetNamespace() is silently ignored by the Kubernetes API for cluster-scoped kinds. A working proof-of-concept is publicly documented in the GHSA advisory; no CISA KEV listing has been issued at time of analysis.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +2
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Refresh token replay in Keycloak allows a remote attacker who has previously captured a user's refresh token to reuse that token after it has been revoked, bypassing session expiration controls. The vulnerability surfaces specifically when revokeRefreshToken=true is configured alongside persistent session storage, and is triggered by a server restart that resets the internal timing mechanisms responsible for enforcing token revocation. Successful exploitation can yield full account takeover, information disclosure, or privilege escalation; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the CVE does not appear in CISA KEV.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Privilege escalation in Red Hat Build of Keycloak allows an authenticated administrator holding the manage-clients role to exploit a Time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in name-based admin role checks, elevating their privileges to realm-admin for all users within the realm. The resulting composite role relationship is persistent - it survives both manual revocation of the attacker's original permissions and system reboots, making remediation non-trivial post-exploitation. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and this CVE is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege Escalation Red Hat Build Of Keycloak Red Hat
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Authentication bypass in SpSoft AppLock 7.9.40 for Android allows a local attacker with physical device access to circumvent fingerprint or PIN protection and access locked applications such as Chrome. The flaw stems from the app's reliance on a custom UI overlay rather than enforcing authentication at a deeper system level - cascading interface navigation triggered via advertisement or browser intents exposes routes that allow the attacker to exit the lock screen without re-authenticating. No public exploitation (CISA KEV) has been confirmed, but a researcher-published proof-of-concept exists on GitHub, and EPSS is low at 0.04% (11th percentile), consistent with the physical-access requirement limiting opportunistic exploitation.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Jenkins Job Import Plugin version 143.v044a_2e819b_27 and earlier exposes credentials ID enumeration to any authenticated user holding the minimal Overall/Read permission due to a missing permission check on an HTTP endpoint. Any low-privileged Jenkins user can query this endpoint and retrieve the IDs of all credentials stored in the Jenkins credentials store, enabling reconnaissance for follow-on credential-targeting attacks. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, CISA has not listed this in KEV, and SSVC rates exploitation status as none with partial technical impact.

Privilege Escalation Jenkins
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Missing permission check in Jenkins AppSpider Plugin 1.0.17 and earlier allows any authenticated user with Overall/Read permission to force the Jenkins server to initiate connections to arbitrary attacker-specified URLs via a form validation endpoint. This constitutes a server-side request forgery (SSRF)-class primitive - an attacker can leverage this to probe internal network services, perform port scanning, or interact with internal infrastructure reachable by the Jenkins host. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and CISA SSVC assessment confirms no active exploitation.

Privilege Escalation Jenkins
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Phoenix Contact PLCnext controllers (AXC F 1152/1252/2152/3152, AXC F 2000 EA, RFC 4072R/4072S, EPC 1522, BPC 9102S, VL3 UPC 2440 EDGE) and the virtual PLCnext Control 500/1000/2000/3000 product lines before firmware 2026.0.3 allows a low-privileged local user to plant or modify configuration and application files in user-writable filesystem locations that a privileged service later consumes, gaining elevated privileges. The flaw (CWE-427) is rated CVSS 4.0 8.7 (High) but carries a very low EPSS of 0.03% (9th percentile). There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Privilege Escalation
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.7
LOW Monitor

Incorrect access control in Northern.tech Mender Enterprise Server before 4.1.1 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to gain limited confidential data exposure under high-complexity conditions. Classified under CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) and tagged as a Privilege Escalation vector, the flaw introduces an unauthorized access path to restricted resources, though impact is constrained to low confidentiality loss with no integrity or availability consequence. No public exploit code exists and no active exploitation has been confirmed; EPSS of 0.02% (5th percentile) reflects a minimal probability of imminent widespread exploitation.

Privilege Escalation N A
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

LDAP injection in Yamcs LdapAuthModule (yamcs-core < 5.12.7) enables horizontal privilege escalation for authenticated low-privilege users. By submitting a wildcard character as the username alongside a single known valid LDAP password, an attacker causes the unescaped LDAP search filter to match the first user returned by the directory query, effectively authenticating as that account. A proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available in the GitHub advisory; no CISA KEV listing exists, but the low attack complexity and published PoC make this a credible threat for any Yamcs deployment using LDAP authentication.

Privilege Escalation Java LDAP +1
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Apple macOS allows a malicious app already running with low privileges to elevate to root by exploiting a logic flaw (improper privilege management) that was resolved with additional validation checks. The flaw affects macOS Sonoma before 14.8, macOS Sequoia before 15.7, and macOS Tahoe before 26, and was reported by Apple itself. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no EPSS or KEV signal was provided, indicating no confirmed active exploitation.

Privilege Escalation Apple
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

Privilege escalation in Joomla! CMS via the com_users batch task allows low-privileged authenticated users to bypass access controls and elevate their user group membership or permissions. Affected versions span two major release lines: 4.0.0 through 5.4.5 and 6.0.0 through 6.1.0, as confirmed by ENISA EUVD-2026-31880 and the Joomla Security Centre. No public exploit has been identified and EPSS is effectively zero; however, SSVC assesses the technical impact as total, meaning successful exploitation could yield full privilege takeover within the application.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Joomla Cms +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.4
LOW Monitor

Physical-access PIN lock bypass in AppLockZ 4.2.11 for Android exposes protected applications to unauthorized access without valid credentials. The root cause is architectural: the lock mechanism is implemented as a UI overlay rather than through Android's secure authentication APIs, leaving it vulnerable to circumvention via exposed activity routes reachable through advertisement or browser intents. An attacker with physical possession of the device can navigate cascading interface flows to evade lockscreen verification and access apps protected by AppLockZ (e.g., Chrome), resulting in information disclosure. No active exploitation is confirmed in CISA KEV, and the EPSS score of 0.04% reflects minimal real-world exploitation probability at this time.

Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure Google +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.4
LOW Monitor

PIN lock bypass in SailingLab AppLock 4.3.8 for Android exposes protected applications to anyone with brief physical device access. The root cause is architectural: the lock is implemented as a screen overlay rather than through Android's secure authentication APIs, meaning the underlying apps remain accessible via exposed intent routes triggered through advertisement or browser interactions. An attacker with physical access can navigate cascading UI flows to dismiss or circumvent the overlay entirely, gaining access to locked apps such as Chrome, resulting in information disclosure and unintended privilege escalation. No public exploit is confirmed in CISA KEV, but a researcher disclosure is publicly available on GitHub, and EPSS is negligible at 0.04% (11th percentile), consistent with the physical-access-only attack vector.

Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure Google +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.2
MEDIUM This Month

Arbitrary JavaScript execution in SailingLab AppLock 4.3.8 for Android is triggered by a malicious co-installed app sending a crafted VIEW intent with a javascript: URI to the exposed BrowserMainActivity component. Because AppLock operates with elevated permissions by design (it restricts access to other apps), this unsafe WebView navigation path creates a changed-scope impact: script execution occurs within AppLock's privilege context, enabling UI spoofing and potential privilege escalation beyond what a normal app could achieve. No public exploit identified at time of analysis beyond the publicly available proof-of-concept published by the reporter on GitHub.

XSS Privilege Escalation Google +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.4
LOW Monitor

PIN lock bypass in Easyelife App Lock 1.9.2 for Android allows a local attacker with physical device access to reach applications that were supposedly secured behind a PIN. The root cause is architectural: the lock is implemented as a UI overlay rather than through Android's native secure authentication APIs (BiometricPrompt, KeyguardManager), meaning it can be circumvented by triggering advertisement or browser intents that cause the app to navigate cascading activity flows, effectively routing around the overlay. EPSS is very low at 0.05% (16th percentile), no public exploit is confirmed in CISA KEV, and a researcher disclosure with likely proof-of-concept steps is publicly available on GitHub.

Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure Google +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Remote image blocking bypass in Roundcube Webmail allows unauthenticated network attackers to embed HTML email image tags pointing to local or private network destinations, causing the server to fetch those resources despite the 'block remote images' policy being active. Affected versions are 1.6.14 through 1.6.15 and 1.7.0, with vendor-released patches 1.6.16 and 1.7.1 available since May 2026 per the official advisory. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and EPSS is very low at 0.03%, though SSVC rates technical impact as total - a notable discrepancy that warrants attention for deployments where the mail server has internal network access.

Privilege Escalation Information Disclosure Roundcube +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.6
HIGH POC This Week

Splinterware System Scheduler Pro 5.12 contains an insecure file permissions vulnerability that allows low-privilege users to escalate privileges by modifying service executable files. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Splinterware System Scheduler Pro
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

Acer Care Center's ACCSvc service exposes a Named Pipe with an insufficiently restrictive Security Descriptor, enabling any authenticated local user to crash the service by sending a crafted IPC message of type 0x03, resulting in process termination with ERROR_PROCESS_ABORTED (exit code 1067). Versions 4.0 up to and including 4.00.3058 are confirmed affected. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis; EPSS probability stands at 0.01% (2nd percentile), SSVC classifies exploitation as none, and there is no CISA KEV listing - placing this firmly in the low operational priority tier despite the Medium CVSS score.

Privilege Escalation Care Center Acer
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.1
LOW PATCH Monitor

Stored XSS in Concrete CMS 9.0 through 9.5.0 enables a rogue editor to inject persistent JavaScript via the page name field within the Atomik theme, executing in the browser session of any authenticated user who visits the affected pages. Consequences include session hijacking, credential theft, and unauthorized actions performed as the victim - potentially escalating to higher privileges if an administrator is targeted. No active exploitation is confirmed (SSVC: none; EPSS 0.04% at the 13th percentile), and a vendor-released patch is available in version 9.5.1.

XSS Privilege Escalation Concrete Cms
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