High severity · published Sep 18, 2026
CVE-2026-7006
Sublime Text 4192/3207 Local Privilege Escalation via Update Staging Mechanism
7.3
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Sublime Text for Windows through Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by abusing the update staging mechanism. Attackers can place a malicious DLL in the user-writable staging directory under %LOCALAPPDATA%, mark it read-only to bypass cleanup, and have the elevated installer copy it into the protected installation directory, causing the DLL to execute in the context of any higher-privileged user who subsequently launches the application.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ST
Sublime Text 3 · Sublime HQ Pty Ltd
3207 · source: vendor
ST
Sublime Text 4 · Sublime HQ Pty Ltd
4192 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7006
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7006
technical-description
https://gist.github.com/anthok/765b3ca0223fabee38f51d8f832e2175
product
https://www.sublimetext.com/
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sublime-text-4192-3207-local-privilege-escalation-via-update-staging-mechanism
