Disclosure summary
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could allow an attacker who has already obtained code execution as an unprivileged backend service account on the appliance to escalate to root and run arbitrary commands with the highest privileges. Exploitation requires existing local access to that service account.
Source-reported weakness categories
CWE-78, CWE-269
Source-specific records & product guidance
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NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2026-102112
Open original source · Updated Oct 01, 2026
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Original records & references
PUBLISHED 2026-09-30T17:16:58-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-01T10:17:15-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-06T11:44:59-04:00