Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Kiteworks Products
CVE-2026-102112

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Kiteworks

Status
Core
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 September 2026

What is CVE-2026-102112?

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Kiteworks products that enables an attacker with existing local access to a backend service account to escalate their privileges to root. This allows the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated permissions, posing a significant security risk to the affected system.

Affected Version(s)

Core 0 < 9.5.0

Core 9.5.0

References

https://github.com/kiteworks/security-advisories/security...
vendor-advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/cs...
third-party-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Icare, https://yeswehack.com/hunters/icare
Supr4s, https://yeswehack.com/hunters/Supr4s
wlayzz, https://yeswehack.com/hunters/wlayzz
truff, https://yeswehack.com/hunters/truff
.