CVE-2026-102118 Kiteworks - Privilege Escalation

Kiteworks contains a local privilege escalation caused by improper privilege management, letting attackers with low-privileged shell escalate to root privileges on the appliance, exploit requires existing shell access.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.40% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Privilege Escalation
Impact
Privilege Escalation
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
30 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-59

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of Kiteworks.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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