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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2026-102118 json

Kiteworks Core before version 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation

published 2026-09-30 39 d ago modified 2026-10-07 32 d ago also EUVD-2026-90301

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Kiteworks Core 9.5.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa vex VA-26-274-01 updated cvss 7.8

Kiteworks multiple vulnerabilities

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
38 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Kiteworks Core

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.