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title: "CVE-2026-7006: Sublime Text - Privilege Escalation"
description: "Sublime Text for Windows through Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) contains a local privilege escalation caused by abuse of the update staging mechanism allowing malicious DLL placement, letting unprivileged local attackers execute code with elevated privileges, exploit requires local access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-7006/
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# CVE-2026-7006 Sublime Text - Privilege Escalation

Sublime Text for Windows through Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) contains a local privilege escalation caused by abuse of the update staging mechanism allowing malicious DLL placement, letting unprivileged local attackers execute code with elevated privileges, exploit requires local access.

CVSS base score 7.3 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.13% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7006)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation, Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

18 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-494](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/494.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to a version later than Build 4192 for Sublime Text 4 or Build 3207 for Sublime Text 3.

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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7006](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7006)
- [https://gist.github.com/anthok/765b3ca0223fabee38f51d8f832e2175](https://gist.github.com/anthok/765b3ca0223fabee38f51d8f832e2175)
- [https://www.sublimetext.com/](https://www.sublimetext.com/)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sublime-text-4192-3207-local-privilege-escalation-via-update-staging-mechanism](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sublime-text-4192-3207-local-privilege-escalation-via-update-staging-mechanism)

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