High severity · published Sep 14, 2026
CVE-2026-12518
Local privilege escalation in the Logi Options+ updater service on Windows
8.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Logitech Logi Options+ updater service on Windows allows a low-privileged local user to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LO
Logi Options+ · Logitech
1.88.0 before 2.7.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12518
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12518
blog.amberwolf.com
https://blog.amberwolf.com/blog/2026/september/a-peripheral-path-to-system---exploiting-logi-options+-for-system-shells/
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