CVE-2026-104018 Wind River VxWorks 7 - Privilege Escalation

Wind River VxWorks 7 <= 26.09 contains an improper privilege management vulnerability caused by missing privilege checks in the command shell, letting authenticated users with limited privileges escalate their privileges, exploit requires user authentication.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.64% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Privilege Escalation
Impact
Privilege Escalation
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
1 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-269

Vendor fix

Update to version 26.09 or later.

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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