---
id: CVE-2026-102118
title: >-
  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.
summary: >-
  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.
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-59
  - CWE-250
vendor: Kiteworks
product: Core
affected:
  - Core < 9.5.0
published: '2026-09-30'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T21:16:59.707'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102118'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/kiteworks/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-8pmh-222g-6j48
    label: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
  - url: >-
      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/VA/white/2026/va-26-274-01.json
    label: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T21:25:07.828Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.