High severity · published Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-102112
Kiteworks Core Local Privilege Escalation
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Core · Kiteworks
before 9.5.0 · source: vendor
KI
Kiteworks · Accellion
before 9.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102112
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102112
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/kiteworks/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-658c-86vw-g9hf
third-party-advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/VA/white/2026/va-26-274-01.json
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