Ubuntu snap-confine Flaw Could Give Local Users Root on Default Desktop Installs

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new local privilege escalation LPE vulnerability in snap-confine that an unprivileged user can trigger to obtain root access and gain complete control of a target environment. The high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-8933 CVSS score: 7.8,...

RefluXFS: A Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation to Root in XFS (CVE-2026-64600)

Executive summary Qualys Threat Research Unit TRU identified CVE-2026-64600, a race condition in the Linux kernel’s XFS filesystem copy-on-write path. An attacker with an ordinary local account can exploit this race condition to overwrite protected files on disk and gain host root privileges on...

CVE-2026-14985

The CVE-2026-14985 affects Analog Way Picturall Quad Compact Mark II firmware version 3.5.8. A local privilege escalation exists in the core firmware due to improper privilege delegation and insufficient input validation in the maintenance script create_local_installer.sh. An attacker with local ...

EUVD-2026-47714

The Analog Way Picturall Quad Compact Mark II version 3.5.8, contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the core firmware. This is due to improper privilege delegation and insufficient input validation in a maintenance script...

CVE-2026-62145 Local Privilege Escalation in Gaia Portal

A vulnerability in Check Point Gaia Portal allows an authenticated attacker with read-only Gaia Portal privileges to execute commands with root privileges...

CVE-2026-14551

The servereye client also known as sensorhub, technically ClientAgentContainerService versions 20.15 and earlier are vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation. The high-privileged service SE3Recovery EmergencyRecoveryService.exe, running as SYSTEM, periodically monitors the directory...

CVE-2026-14551

CVE-2026-14551 affects the servereye client (sensorhub), version 20.15 and earlier. A local privilege escalation occurs via the SE3Recovery service (EmergencyRecoveryService.exe), which runs as SYSTEM and periodically watches %ProgramData%\ServerEye3\update\ for a trigger file named update_availa...

libinput: local privilege escalation via crafted uinput devices

A flaw was found in libinput. A local attacker with access to /dev/uinput can inject arbitrary udev properties through the libinput-device-group helper. This injection can lead to root code execution, for example, by exploiting REMOVECMD properties that are executed when a device is removed. This...

CVE-2026-56844

A vulnerability in the Veeam Updater component of the Veeam Software Appliance that could allow a local user to elevate their privileges and gain root-level access to the underlying operating system...

CVE-2026-38765

CVE-2026-38765 affects Unistal Systems Pvt. Ltd. Protegent 360 v2.0.0.4. The issue is a local privilege escalation via the kernel driver pgsecdl.sys. CVSS v3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH): Local attacker with low privileges and no user interaction could achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and avai...

PT-2026-63421

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Analog Way Picturall Quad Compact Mark II version 3.5.8 Description A local privilege escalation flaw exists in the core firmware due to improper privilege delegation and insufficient input validation within a maintenance script. The create...

PT-2026-63424

A vulnerability in Fujitsu Software Linux openFT and Fujitsu Software Oracle Solaris openFT before version 12.1D00 allows for local privilege escalation to root of an already authenticated user on GNU/Linux or Oracle Solaris. The Fsas Technologies PSIRT obtained that intelligence internally and...

CVE-2026-38765

An issue in Unistal Systems Pvt. Ltd.Protegent 360 v2.0.0.4 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via the kernel driver pgsecdl.sys...

PT-2026-63440

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Duplicati version 2.3.0.1 Description Incorrect permission assignments allow authenticated users to have MODIFY permissions that propagate to all subdirectories. When the software is installed outside the default Program Files directory or on ...

PT-2026-63515

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Protegent 360 version 2.0.0.4 Description A local attacker can escalate privileges through the sub 186f4 function. Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability...

Local Privilege escalation vulnerability in Analog Way Picturall Quad Compact Mark II version 3.5.8

Overview Version 3.5.8 of Analog Way's Picturall Quad Compact Mark II server contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-14985, due to improper privilege delegation and insufficient input validation in a maintenance script. Description The Picturall Quad Compact Mark ...

CVE-2026-63908

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's atmelmxtts input driver. An incorrect boundary check when handling configuration files with oversized objects can lead to a single-byte overwrite in adjacent memory. This memory corruption vulnerability could allow a local attacker to potentially cause syste...

CVE-2026-63952

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's memfd component. When the SEALEXEC flag is used to create a memory file descriptor, the SEALWRITE flag is implicitly applied to prevent writing to executable memory. However, this implicit write protection is applied after checks that should deny writable...

EUVD-2026-44400

Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2026-50650 – .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability...

acl: Symlink traversal privilege escalation via libacl functions

A flaw was found in the acl package, specifically within its libacl pathname-based functions. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a symbolic link to replace a pathname component. This could allow the attacker to redirect access control list ACL read or write operations to...