---
id: CVE-2026-34484
title: A Shell Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Nokia 1830 Global Express (GX)
summary: >-
  Nokia 1830 Global Express GX is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation
  vulnerability which exists in the administrative shell interface. An
  authenticated local attacker with restricted shell access can exploit this
  vulnerability to b…
severity: none
vendor: Nokia
product: Nokia 1830 Global Express (GX)
affected:
  - >-
    1830_global_express_gx G42, GX G31, GX G32, GX G34 releases prior to GX
    r9.0.
published: '2026-10-20'
updated: '2026-10-20'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-20T12:10:44.965Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-34484'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://www.nokia.com/we-are-nokia/security/product-security-advisory/cve-2026-34484/
    label: Nokia Product Security Advisory
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-20T13:07:11.085Z'
---

## Overview

Nokia 1830 Global Express GX is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation vulnerability which exists in the administrative shell interface. An authenticated local attacker with restricted shell access can exploit this vulnerability to bypass local security restrictions and gain root access on the device.

## Affected

- `1830_global_express_gx G42, GX G31, GX G32, GX G34 releases prior to GX r9.0.`

## Remediation

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