---
id: CVE-2026-12518
title: >-
  A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Logitech Logi Options+
  updater service on Windows allows a low-privileged local user to execute
  arbitrary code as SYSTEM.
summary: >-
  A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Logitech Logi Options+
  updater service on Windows allows a low-privileged local user to execute
  arbitrary code as SYSTEM.
severity: high
cvss: 8.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
vendor: Logitech
product: Logi Options+
affected:
  - logi_options+ >= 1.88.0 < 2.7.0
published: '2026-09-14'
updated: '2026-09-18'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-18T19:31:11.370'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12518'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://blog.amberwolf.com/blog/2026/september/a-peripheral-path-to-system---exploiting-logi-options+-for-system-shells/
    label: cve-coordination@logitech.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00107
epssPercentile: 0.01042
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-14T10:40:22.191719Z'
cvssSource: cna
ingestedAt: '2026-09-14T15:23:07.462Z'
---

## Overview

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Logitech Logi Options+ updater service on Windows allows a low-privileged local user to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.

## Remediation

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