CVE-2026-102118

Kiteworks Core before version 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Sep 30, 2026
Updated: Oct 1, 2026
Reserved: Sep 28, 2026

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could have allowed an attacker with an existing shell under a low-privileged service account to escalate to root privileges on the appliance.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	cisa-cg

Weaknesses

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Affected Products

Product	Versions
CoreKiteworks	before 9.5.0Affected 9.5.0Not affected

References

urlvendor-advisory
urlthird-party-advisory

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