CVE-2026-102118

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Analyzed - 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

Published

2026-09-30

Last modified

2026-10-07

Weaknesses

CWE-250, CWE-59

Affected products

• Kiteworks (Accellion)
• Core (Kiteworks)

References

• https://github.com/kiteworks/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-8pmh-222g-6j48
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/VA/white/2026/va-26-274-01.json