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Kiteworks Core before version 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could have allowed an attacker with an existing shell under a low-privileged service account to escalate to root privileges on the appliance.

Announced Group revision 1
Original source ↗

CVE-2026-102118

Primary source · Revision 1

Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-102118

Core

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
Not stated in this record
Fixed versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "Kiteworks",
    "product": "Core",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "9.5.0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "9.5.0"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unknown"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-102118

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#5151 · Revision 1
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