CVE-2026-8035

NULL pointer dereference in NI-PAL

State: Published
Severity: 6.9 Medium
Published: Jun 2, 2026
Updated: Jun 3, 2026
Reserved: May 6, 2026

Description

Improper input validation in the NI-PAL kernel driver may allow a local authenticated user to cause a denial of service by triggering a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability affects NI-PAL 26.3.0 and prior versions on Windows and Linux.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	6.9 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	NI
3.1	7.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H	NI

Weaknesses

CWE-476 NULL pointer dereference

Affected Products

Product	Versions
NI-PALNI	26.3.0 and earlierAffected

References

https://www.ni.com/en/support/security/available-critical-and-security-updates-for-ni-software/2026/invalid-input-validation-vulnerabilities-in-ni-pal.html

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