{"id":"CVE-2026-7006","title":"Sublime Text for Windows through Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges …","summary":"Sublime Text for Windows through Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges …","severity":"high","cvss":7.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-494"],"vendor":"Sublime HQ Pty Ltd","product":"Sublime Text 4","affected":["sublime_text_4 4192","sublime_text_3 3207"],"published":"2026-09-18","updated":"2026-09-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-18T17:17:01.830","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7006","references":[{"url":"https://gist.github.com/anthok/765b3ca0223fabee38f51d8f832e2175","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.sublimetext.com/","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sublime-text-4192-3207-local-privilege-escalation-via-update-staging-mechanism","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","exploit-available"],"exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-18T16:58:47.601505Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-18T15:44:31.589Z","epss":0.00096,"epssPercentile":0.00776,"slug":"CVE-2026-7006","body":"## Overview\n\nSublime Text for Windows through Build 4192 (Sublime Text 4) and Build 3207 (Sublime Text 3) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by abusing the update staging mechanism. Attackers can place a malicious DLL in the user-writable staging directory under %LOCALAPPDATA%, mark it read-only to bypass cleanup, and have the elevated installer copy it into the protected installation directory, causing the DLL to execute in the context of any higher-privileged user who subsequently launches the application.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":52,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":40.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":207049,"id":"CVE-2026-7006","ts":1789753637278,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}