High severity · published May 25, 2026
CVE-2026-9489
NitroSense V3: Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability
8.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NitroSense 3.x before 3.01.3052 contains Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability.The program exposes a Windows Named Pipe that uses a custom protocol to invoke internal functions. However, this Named Pipe is misconfigured, allowing any authenticated local user to execute arbitrary code with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges and to delete arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges. By leveraging this, an attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
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
NV
NitrorSense V3 · Acer
3.01.3001 through 3.01.3052 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9489
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9489
community.acer.com
https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/19652
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