CVE-2026-8036

Local privilege escalation in NI-PAL

State: Published
Severity: 8.4 High
Published: Jun 2, 2026
Updated: Jun 4, 2026
Reserved: May 6, 2026

Description

Improper input validation in NI-PAL may allow a local authenticated user to access arbitrary system memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects NI-PAL 26.3.0 and prior versions on Windows and Linux.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.4 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/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:H/I:H/A:N	NI

Weaknesses

CWE-1285 Improper validation of specified index, position, or offset in input

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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